It’s looking more and more like the American Dream is over.
Well, at least for Americans.
A bill awaiting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature would make illegal aliens eligible for $150,000 in home loans for first-time buyers. What American couldn’t use the same help?
Illegal aliens already receive a range of benefits, depending on what state they are in, including “housing assistance options,” pre-work authorization readiness training, “work-based learning opportunities,” pre-paid debit cards, hotel stays, state-funded Medicare coverage for individuals over 65, free health insurance for those under age 49, and on and on.
Vice President Kamala Harris has previously endorsed making universal healthcare and Medicare available to illegal aliens.
The fact is, illegal aliens have it better than many Americans.
The Wall Street Journal reports on the results of a poll it conducted, which found that hard work no longer leads to making the dreams of homeownership and retirement come true for many Americans. Here’s the start of the story:
Americans overwhelmingly desire all the traditional trappings of the American dream—owning a home, having a family, and looking forward to a comfortable retirement. But very few believe they can easily achieve it.
A July Wall Street Journal/NORC poll of 1,502 U.S. adults shows a stark gap between people’s wishes and their expectations. The trend was consistent across gender and party lines, but held more true for younger generations, who have been priced out of homeownership and saddled with high interest rates and student debt.
While 89% of respondents said owning a home is either essential or important to their vision of the future, only 10% said homeownership is easy or somewhat easy to achieve. Financial security and a comfortable retirement were similarly labeled as essential or important by 96% and 95% of people, respectively, but rated as easy or somewhat easy to pull off by only 9% and 8%.
Twelve years ago, when researchers at Public Religion Research Institute asked 2,501 people if the American dream “still holds true,” more than half said it did. When The Wall Street Journal asked the same question in July, that dropped to about a third of respondents.