This is the Tom Hartman program.

Greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice,

believers in peace, freedom, and the American way. Happy Monday, it's August 7th,

and kind of a gray rainy day here in Washington, D.C. although the rest of the week is going to be

very nice,

but it's cool and pleasant.

I hope you're having a nice weather, wherever you may be.

I wanted to talk in our, if anything goes summer

and, you know, any topic that you think is, you know, worthy of discussion

we can consider.

But I have a stack here and things that I'd like to talk about.

And, you know, from fossil fuel subsidies to flame retardants to job numbers.

In fact, let's start there.

In fact, what I'd like to do for this first hour

and get your input on this as well

is define the American dream.

What is the American dream. What is the American dream?

What does the American dream mean to you?

Robert Schiller, the economist, wrote a piece for the New York Times from August 4th, what was

at last Thursday or Friday, and it's titled The Transformation of the American Dream.

And he basically, you know,

Donald Trump made this back in January in a speech.

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