Isn&#x27;t that part of growing up though? Why have a life savings if you&#x27;re only temporarily poor. You <i>know</i> you&#x27;re going to be rich eventually, right?<p>I think there&#x27;s a implicit understanding with this quote that Americans not only have that &quot;American dream&quot;, but we also don&#x27;t expect to work for it. If it was merely a matter of Americans dreaming big and working towards it, then great! But it&#x27;s not, imo. It&#x27;s Americans dreaming big, and working their low end 9 to 5, expecting the dream to come true. It&#x27;s more Dream than Reality. It&#x27;s a daydream.<p>Part of dreaming big is understanding that you have to work towards it, or it won&#x27;t happen. I don&#x27;t feel like this is happening in America. <i>(As an American)</i>