Who stole the American Dream?

By Rick Newman on Seeking Alpha:

The Mexicans and Salvadorans and Indians and Chinese have robbed us, too, because they've taken a lot of jobs that American are fully capable of doing for more money. What's the point of working hard if somebody else is willing to work even harder for less?
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And the biggest villain, of course, is our own government. Where are the gasoline subsidies? Or the tax breaks that will give us the incentive us to work harder? How about a bigger mortgage interest deduction to make owning a home worth all the trouble? And why doesn't the government send us all some more money to help restore our work ethic and our quality of life?