Is the American Dream still a reality? If we make more money than other people around the world, why is it so hard to get ahead? Economists say it’s not your imagination — there really is a serious squeeze on the middle class. In this episode, Pam and Jack hear from a viewer from Tennessee who wonders if the American dream is still attainable.
In Investing 101, our expert guest Jonathon Pond, author of You Can Do It, offers his insights on the state of the country’s middle class, and recommends the smartest investment method for achieving the American Dream.
In Scam Alert, one church community in New Mexico willingly contributed more than $6 million to one of their members. When he asked the people of his congregation to invest in a real-estate deal, he found plenty of takers. Some invested up to hundreds of thousands of dollars with this con man — a sad but typical case of affinity fraud .
