Bullitt
08-15-2009, 07:01 AM
This author tends to beat a dead credit horse like most other articles, but a good read nonetheless. It's all been a popularity contest revolving around keeping up with the Jones's. What a sad story- truly one for the ages. I remember the societal pressures in 2005 that I chose to resist by renting instead of owning.
James Truslow Adams, the historian who coined the phrase "the American dream," one that he defined as "a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank" also offered a prescient commentary in the midst of the Great Depression. "That dream," he wrote in 1933, "has always meant more than the accumulation of material goods." Home should be a place to build a household and a life, a respite from the heartless world, not a pot of gold.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204409904574350432677038184.html
James Truslow Adams, the historian who coined the phrase "the American dream," one that he defined as "a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank" also offered a prescient commentary in the midst of the Great Depression. "That dream," he wrote in 1933, "has always meant more than the accumulation of material goods." Home should be a place to build a household and a life, a respite from the heartless world, not a pot of gold.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204409904574350432677038184.html