This is why the American dream is a corrupt and unacceptable fiber in the social norms of cultural existence. In America we either become great – billionaires and millionaires – or we haven't made it at all and we classify ourselves in the struggling class of existence. In A Modest Proposal (Swift 250) he addresses the problems of poverty and overpopulation in Ireland where he states: "It is a melancholy object to those who walk through this great city or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the streets, and the doors cabins crowded with female beggars, followed by three, four or six children, all dressed in rags and pestering every passenger for alms” (Swift 250). poor, is the problem America is facing right now. The growing rate of homelessness in America is a nightmare and sooner or later the American dream will be nothing more than a myth new perspective in America.To achieve the American dream one must achieve it financially, regardless of the path taken to make it legal or not.It encourages crime, as this individual will do anything to get what he wants in desperate measures. It really is this?