The American Dream Has Turned into a Grueling Quest for Survival for Millions of People

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Working at McDonald's is not indicative of all a person can accomplish, nor should it be a sentence to limited opportunity. The service industry is increasingly where Americans end up, as pre-recession jobs are replaced with part-time, poverty-wage work. If  temporary jobs are a permanent problem, we need to improve their conditions - along with those of the white-collar jobs to which many aspire but cannot afford to take.