Comments on: The Death of 3 Icons Makes it Imperative to Rethink the American Dream http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:54:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: gregorylent http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-7572 gregorylent Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:58:07 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/#comment-7572 about bloody time ... now, the list is longer, and the faster we get through it, the better. about bloody time … now, the list is longer, and the faster we get through it, the better.

]]> By: jeremy http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-7285 jeremy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:18:27 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/#comment-7285 Lets hope the new dream doesn't have anything to do with wasteful overconsumption. I don't think products are a good replacement for anything, I guess that means I'm not very American, but it's about time we start filling the gaping holes in our souls with something other than products. Lets hope the new dream doesn’t have anything to do with wasteful overconsumption.

I don’t think products are a good replacement for anything, I guess that means I’m not very American, but it’s about time we start filling the gaping holes in our souls with something other than products.

]]> By: steve http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-7284 steve Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:41:21 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/#comment-7284 Nice blog. While they may have been icons, I think they were icons of excess... and I'm not sure in the last 30 years Fannie and Freddy were responsible for any building of the middle class. That was what they were in their first 50 or 60 years. I think the SUV and Bud and the McMansion were old relics already. They just had a lot of momentum. Toyota's were better cars than GM's in the late 70s, and so were 90 % of the beers on the market (can't carry that to the Mortgage momsters). So these icons have been dead for a long time! Writing from the state with more brews per capita than any other state - Vermont, Steve Nice blog.
While they may have been icons, I think they were icons of excess… and I’m not sure in the last 30 years Fannie and Freddy were responsible for any building of the middle class. That was what they were in their first 50 or 60 years. I think the SUV and Bud and the McMansion were old relics already. They just had a lot of momentum. Toyota’s were better cars than GM’s in the late 70s, and so were 90 % of the beers on the market (can’t carry that to the Mortgage momsters). So these icons have been dead for a long time!
Writing from the state with more brews per capita than any other state – Vermont,
Steve

]]> By: U. Brayj http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-7283 U. Brayj Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:56:47 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/#comment-7283 Here is an image: a man rides up on a single speed bicycle with fenders, lights, and an enclosed chain guard with his food in a basket or saddle bags. He walks upstairs to his flat, and makes dinner. Later he plays an instrument with his neighbors on their city porch. Here is another: a foreign immigrant grows a small surplus to feed and educate his/her family. His goods are sold locally, with a chunk of them moving out on draft animals and then to rail stations heading towards our cities. Here is an image: a man rides up on a single speed bicycle with fenders, lights, and an enclosed chain guard with his food in a basket or saddle bags. He walks upstairs to his flat, and makes dinner. Later he plays an instrument with his neighbors on their city porch.

Here is another: a foreign immigrant grows a small surplus to feed and educate his/her family. His goods are sold locally, with a chunk of them moving out on draft animals and then to rail stations heading towards our cities.

]]> By: paul nicholls http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/comment-page-1/#comment-7282 paul nicholls Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:39:11 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/rethinking-the-american-dream/#comment-7282 Think yourselves lucky. In England we're paying 11 - 12 dollars a gallon and have had to drive tiny motor cars for years to try to stave off bankruptcy every time you require a trip into town. Our banks are screwed, mortgages impossible to come by... and beer 6 dollars a pint. Tax is 40% for higher earners, Value added tax 17.5% on purchases and national insurance 9% ( don't let anyone tell you our National Health servoce is free..) Feeling better now? Think yourselves lucky.

In England we’re paying 11 – 12 dollars a gallon and have had to drive tiny motor cars for years to try to stave off bankruptcy every time you require a trip into town.

Our banks are screwed, mortgages impossible to come by… and beer 6 dollars a pint.

Tax is 40% for higher earners, Value added tax 17.5% on purchases and national insurance 9% ( don’t let anyone tell you our National Health servoce is free..)

Feeling better now?

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