American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone

American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone
- A Bold Plan To Help The Middle Class, By The New York Times Bestselling Author Of An American Son. For Generations, The Belief That If You Work Hard You Can Offer Your Children A Better Life Has Been Known As The American Dream. That Dream Is On Life Support Today, And Not Just Because Of The Economic Downturn And Bad Leadership From Washington. America Has Undergone An Economic Transformation That Our Schools, Our Workers, And Too Many Of Our Families Are Unequipped For. But Our Leaders In Washington Have Broken Their Promise To Lead Us Together Into This New Era. Their Response Has Been To Double Down On Stale, Government-centered Solutions, Minimum Wage Hikes, And Redistributive Health Care Mandates That Re-slice A Shrinking Economic Pie Instead Of Growing It For Everyone. All While Free Enterprise Is Demonized And Work Is Discouraged. Now Senator Rubio Shares The Stories Of Real People Who Are Fighting To Educate Their Children, Protect Their Families, Climb The Economic Ladder, Save For Retirement, And Achieve Their Own American Dreams. He Challenges Us To Replace Our Failing 20th Century Institutions With A New Agenda Based On Choice, Innovation And Local Control. -- For Generations, The Belief That If You Work Hard You Can Offer Your Children A Better Life Has Been Known As The American Dream. That Dream Is On Life Support Today, And Not Just Because Of The Economic Downturn And Bad Leadership From Washington. America Has Undergone An Economic Transformation That Our Schools, Our Workers, And Too Many Of Our Families Are Unequipped For. But Our Leaders In Washington Have Broken Their Promise To Lead Us Together Into This New Era. Their Response Has Been To Double Down On Stale, Government-centered Solutions, Minimum Wage Hikes, And Redistributive Health Care Mandates That Re-slice A Shrinking Economic Pie Instead Of Growing It For Everyone. All While Free Enterprise Is Demonized And Work Is Discouraged. Now Senator Rubio Shares The Stories Of Real People Who Are Fighting To Educate Their Children, Protect Their Families, Climb The Economic Ladder, Save For Retirement, And Achieve Their Own American Dreams. He Challenges Us To Replace Our Failing 20th Century Institutions With A New Agenda Based On Choice, Innovation And Local Control-- Restoring The American Dream -- The American Dream, Downsized -- Making America Safe For Uber -- Equal Opportunity, Equal Dignity, Equal Work -- Making College A Good Investment Again -- Economic Security In An Insecure Time -- Retirement In Your Own Time, On Your Own Terms -- Values, And The Families That Teach Them. Marco Rubio. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 197-204) And Index.
- Author: Rubio, Marco.
- Publisher: Sentinel
- Pages: 240
- Publication Date: 2015-01-13T00:00:01Z
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- MSRP: 0.00
- ISBN13: 9781595231130
- ISBN: 1595231137
- Other ISBN: 9780698176362
- Other ISBN Binding: print
- Language: en_US
- Quality Rating: 1
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Dear Friends,
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My parents came to the United States in 1956. The country they found was truly a land of opportunity, where hardworking people with grade school educations could afford a home, a car, and college for their kids. A country where maids and bartenders could raise doctors, lawyers, small-business owners, and maybe even a U.S. senator.
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That was the American Dreamâ‚¬"our countryâ‚¬s central promise to its people: If you work hard and play by the rules, youâ‚¬ll find tremendous opportunities and an even better life for your children.

Yet today, I look around and see the American Dream on life support. Seven years of government-centered, tax-and-spend liberalism have failed to lift the poor or sustain the middle class. Fewer Americans are working than at any time since Jimmy Carter was president. New business creation is 30 percent lower than it was in the 1980s. The stock market may be surging by the time you read this, but millions of everyday Americans will still be left behind by an economy that doesnâ‚¬t value their skills and a government that would rather give a handout than a hand up.
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I wrote this book because we stand at a critical juncture. What kind of country are we going to be? Will we surrender to Obamacare and other laws that crush innovation and entrepreneurship? Will we accept a powerful nanny state and the erosion of family values? Will we allow politics to kill the American Dream?
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Or will we rise to the challengeâ‚¬"and take back our legacy as the only nation on earth that offers unrestricted opportunity to all?
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I believe we can restore the American Dream and expand it to reach more people than ever before. But to do so we must restrain our power-hungry, debt-ridden federal government. We must help businesses create more stable middle-class jobs. And we must help our families stay healthy and secure.
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In this book youâ‚¬ll meet an over-regulated small-businessman, a struggling single mother, an out-of-work and in-debt college graduate, and others who want nothing more than their own shot at the American Dream. Their stories are our stories; their challenges are our challenges.
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Of course no book or politician can single-handedly restore the American Dream. But a movement, working to promote the values and can-do spirit that made our country exceptional, can turn everything around.
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My goal is to provide a roadmap for that movement and inspire Americans to reclaim their rights: to dream, to work, to build a better life for their children.
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I hope you will join me as we build that movement and restore the land of opportunity.
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Sincerely,Â

Marco Rubio
Country USA
Brand Sentinel
Manufacturer Sentinel
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2015-01-13
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884686719124
EANs 9781595231130

Country	USA
Brand	Sentinel
Manufacturer	Sentinel
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2015-01-13
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884686719124
EANs	9781595231130

American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone

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