Nearly half of Americans say the American dream – that anyone can get ahead if they work hard enough – no longer holds true, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NORC poll. Stay-at-home father Oakley Graham, of Greenwood, Missouri, told the Journal that, despite living the American dream in some ways, he still feels financially insecure. For John Lasher, a supporter of former President Donald Trump from Springfield, Missouri, the American dream is "past tense." Lasher, a 78-year-old retired electrical inspector for aircraft carriers and submarines, blames Democrat policies for the fading of the American dream. Diana Walker, 62, of the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, is retired from a top delivery-service company but feels the American dream is disappearing.

Source: Wall Street Journal November 24, 2023 14:57 UTC