A new social contract

There are many suggestions for reform in governments relationship to the economy. As I had hinted in my earlier discourse, many of my recommendations deal with eliminating governments interpellation in sparing activity. Thus, there needs to be a foundation garment of a free market economy, independent of government influence as a means to stimulate economic enterprise toward more productiveness and to restore the economy to a strong position. However, given the long record of government involvement, it is racyly un worryly that such action is possible.I guess it is condemnation for a new genial contract. It seems that the policies and practices in the employment of relationships in the States are no longer responsive to the needs of todays going families and society. There had been more emphasis on increased lettuce and productivity while the wages engender remained the same, or worst, declined and stagnated for families. The irony is that masses are usageing harder, y et they do non belong among those who dish out in the gains from their efforts. Only a sm on the whole percentage of the population is inside(a) to have that benefit, adding to the increasing inequality. The families are affected by these changes and one wonders what he can do in the face of these economic changes. The implicit social contract that encompasses spirt such as loyalty and hard work are non necessarily rewarded with fair and increasing wages. This has been blotted out by a norm where employers give center stage to stock expense and even short-term gains, which are often at the expense of the workers who work hard daily.What we c both the American woolgather is usually the promise of wealth and prosperity and a life that is well-lived. This has been the ideal ever since that ensures one advantage in life so long as he is unbidden to sacrifice everything to work for it. It has been such an illusion for many. Thus the American day conceive of has be put in a driv ing and motivating force for millions of lot who deal to the Land of the Free beca spend they want to escape the poverty in their countries. They esteem that their only option viable to them is to move to a country that promises them success, wealth, granting immunity from material prosperity.However, even though this is often eons true(p) for the people who actually do work hard for the dream, the American Dream essential not be promoted as it is. The reason here is because it shifts the focus from the true set that count in the family to the material wealth and greed that entices people to come work in a land of opportunities which may otherwise not turn out to be so (The American Dream).I remember Walt Whitmans poem I Hear America Singing where there is the champion of each one seeking his own personal niche in the land of promises as seen in the following linesEach singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the dayat night the party of early fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.(I Hear America Singing).It almost captures that desire as one reads the entire work and is very descriptivethat the incoming belongs to the young and those who are open to opportunities. For the people who leave their country of origin, there is a substantial tradeoff for embracing the American Dream. Behind the inter of power and proportional material wealth that is promised to every individual, there is a significant loss that one must encounter. And that loss is the loss of tralatitious husbandry. In the essay by MSNBC columnist Eric Liu, he states that during one of his dinner meals at a friends house The more time I spent in their midst, the more I learned to be like them. To make their everyday idioms and idiosyncrasies familiar. To possess them. This particular inclination to fool all of the everyday idioms and idiosyncrasies of the American culture was brought intimately not by curiosity or a certain zeal for knowledge. This particular longing was fueled by negative emotions. This passion for learning the ropes of American culture was born out of the longing of the desire to fit in.The American Dream may be able to provide a person the unavoidable wealth that one could only dream about in his indigenous country but it also takes away the immaterial liberties that come from existence rooted in a different culture. This is what is seen in Tony Went to the Bodega But He Didnt Buy Anything. Because the person sat at the doorway and sawing machine people come and go, his being in that position depicted a life of leisure which one thinks could be achieved if he pursues the American Dream. bingle does not know that there is an illusion to this since one may never attain this goal by just going to a designate and hoping that ones station in life is guaranteed to be easy. The American Dream lead always be a Utopian dream until people realize that material w ealth is not the only passageway for success and happiness. This is seen in the lines,Tony went to the bodega, But he didnt buy anything He sat by the doorway satisfied To watch la gente (people Island-brown as him). Crowd in and out, (Tony Went to the Bodega But He Didnt Buy Anything).The American Dream promises people from all walks of life and all countries of origin that at heart this land, there is freedom from oppression, freedom from poverty and material wealth but for other people, it will only remain a dream for them. As Langston Hughes remarks, I am the people, humble, hungry, meanHungry yet today notwithstanding the dream. There have been casualties during this fight for the American Dream. Several people have risked leaving their homelands in search of a bright future in the United States yet there are millions today on rest and people are even so being persecuted and discriminated.The land of the free is still a land of oppression and even though people would like to view it as a land of opportunity, it becomes more like a land of deception and false hopes. Hughes ends his poem with both a manifestation of what America has come to be as well an exhortation to the people to make America what is should have been. He says The mountains and the end little plainAll, all the stretch of these great green statesAnd make America again (Hughes, 1938).Being cheerful about the dynamic forces of globalization and the practical applications of corporate social responsibilities sweep multi home(a) and large national organizations, I still believe that there is a balanced solution in multinationals outsourcing of imagings and less developed countries mutual advantage from this economic relationship. It is the primary duty of the national governments to uphold their sovereignty and protect their natural resources, especially their human resource or labor from being corrupted by foreign companies. They must uphold their constitution and by laws and promote more economic and isobilateral policies to protect their people and resources at the same time harness their economic potential for the nations own advantage, growth and development.They must set up the terms for which their resources will be used, taking into consideration the growth and comparative advantage of their people and the extinction of their natural resources and habitat. The notion about hiring local anaesthetic managers and staff is preliminary. Of paramount importance is the question of how and in what terms they will allow the multinationals to exhaust their most important resources and capital.In effect, the dream that once tugged at peoples hearts never really existed in the starting line place. The dream that made people leave their homelands only remain a dream because there are people who still have not made it in America. There is something amiss in the ruckus that is about the American Dream. On one side, the American Dream remains a dream where the corru ption and the apathy of people continues to prevent it from coming true while on the other side, the American Dream comes with too high a price. It asks for the individuals culture, it torments the person and convinces him into thinking that if you do not assimilate the American culture, you will never make it.Given the importance of our work in our daily lives, our policies and institutions need to provide decent benefits and the opportunity to use ones abilities to the maximum. Consistent with our nations democratic principles, all Americans must possess a freedom to voice out their opinions and be treated fairly. This just means that we value a balance between the interests of the employers and shareholders and the interests of the family.ReferencesThe American Dream. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007 athttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_DreamI Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman.About.com literary works Classic.Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007 at http//classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/ww hitman/bl-ww-ihear.htmHughes, Langston. 1938. Let America Be America Again. Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007 athttp//www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Langston_Hughes/2385Tony Went to the Bodega But He Didnt Buy Anything.Retrieved Oct. 20, 2007 athttp//www.gcsk12.net/speech_meet/speech_docs/Junior%20High%2005-06/ dramatic%20poety/dramatic_poetry_43.pdf