The American Dream

In general, all Americans dream that they will be healthy, safe, and financially secure for as long as they live. That probably is the most basic "American Dream". Even that, however, is difficult for many of us to attain. Some of it, such as health care which includes Medicare, limiting crime, and Social Security are elements which, to some degree, are influenced, if not controlled, by our government. Currently, as a nation, we have serious problems with health care, crime, and our Social Security system as well as other problems such as energy which our government (Congress) can't seem to effectively deal with. That inability on the part of our Congress interferes with the abilityof many Americans to attain the basic American Dream. Therefore, we need to let our representatives in Washington know that we expect them to do whatever they need to do to solve these problems. In the future we'll talk about why Congress doesn't act and what we, as individuals, can do to help make America better.