Bruce Springsteen: Americans Have “Justifiably Lost Faith” In The American Dream

• October 5, 2008

And it’s all George W. Bush’s fault, apparently. Here’s what Springsteen had to say between songs at an Obama rally in Pennsylvania:

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bruce Springsteen called the Bush presidency “a disaster” and said many Americans have “justifiably lost faith” in the American dream.
The legendary rocker interrupted a seven-song acoustic set at a voter-registration rally in Philadelphia on Saturday to praise Democrat Barack Obama and bemoan the crises facing the next president. Springsteen said that America remains a house of dreams for some, but that too many people have given up on the promise of fairness and equality.
“I’ve spent 35 years writing about America and its people and the meaning of the American promise — a promise handed down right here in this city,” said the New Jersey rocker, whose songs often depict down-on-their-luck, working-class dreamers. “Our everyday citizens … have justifiably lost faith in its meaning.”

I think Obama, Springsteen and the rest of the liberal left have a pretty funny definition of what the “American Dream” is. When this country was founded, it was about being left along. About being free to support yourself and your family and generally live your life as you see fit with as little interference from the government as possible. That’s what the ideals of freedom and independence were all about.
Now people like Springsteen and Obama don’t think we’re free unless the government is paying for our health care. Unless hurricane victims have their entire homes re-built for them at taxpayer’s expense. But is that really the American dream? To be dependent on government for everything?
That may be what people like Obama and Springsteen want, but it’s a rather perverted view of the ideals this country was founded upon.
Americans haven’t lost faith in the meaning of the American dream. A lot of them have been duped into thinking the American dream means taxing the hell out of our most productive citizens to buy goodies (entitlements, etc.) for everyone else.
That’s not how it was supposed to work.

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Time to Fire the Boss…he helped the overlords screw our business.
docdave

What an ungrateful piece of offal. Americas greatness is what made him a wealthy person.

All of my Springstean records are now in the trash.
WOOFX

The American Dream

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Nobody said you won't be taxed.
pparets

All of my Springstean records are now in the trash.

… where they should have been, a long time ago…
http://boyddrivefollies.blogspot.com/ Good Ol Boy

I think the Boss is trying to compensate for his increasing irrelevance by raising his profile through political activism. Really, when was the last time he had a hit? "The Rising"? come on…..he should just go back to Jersey and think of HIS glory days.
Its a pity so many entertainers think they have the intellectual heft they do. Alice Cooper nailed it when he said musicians and others should realize they are all dummies and should just stick to what they know- entertaining. Narcisstic morons.
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Nobody said you won't be taxed.

Understood, but nobody said you were guaranteed happiness either.

You are to be free to pursue happiness, not demand that people who are more successful than you are fund it.
http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/white_folks_greed_runs_a_world_in_ Joel

Taxed? Obama said he'll only tax folks making over $250K…..but take a look at Obama's vote for Senate Democrats' tax plan that would raise the 25 percent federal tax rate to 28 percent.

Note that the 25 percent bracket is between $32,550 and $78,850 for individuals and between $65,100 and $131,450 for married couples. At the time of the vote, the single bracket started at $31,850.

If Obama doesn't think the criticism is fair, he ought to come out and say voting for the Democrats' plan was a mistake, and that those making $31,850 don't qualify as "the rich." It's not like he hasn't admitted wrong votes in the past.

But he hasn't. Which ought to tell us something.

* The $102,000 cap number is for 2008; last year it was $97,500.

Also note that this does not include the capless Medicare tax rate — 1.45 percent of the employee's income is paid by the employer as Medicare tax, and 1.45 percent is paid by the employee. Self-Employed pay the full 2.9 percent; so we're really looking at a top tax rate of 53.45 percent to 54.9 percent for top earners.

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