get will be balanced within five
years and that this day marks the
return of the United States as one
country indivisible and united.
Good lord! I am scratching my
ears trying to process what I'm
hearing and wondering if next I
will hear that unemployment has
vanished, the housing market has
rebounded, banks have pledged
to make funds available for small
business and credit card mongers
will no longer charge interest at
up to 32 percent. Well, I know
I'm getting carried away, but this
report is unbelievable! Peace in
the world and at home!
I say to myself, "I never thought
this could happen." I then recall
the day that President Obama
was elected. "I would never have
believed this could happen — an
African American elected to the
highest office in the land," I said
with a smile, refreshed in my
belief that anything is possible —
you just need to leave room for
the impossible.
I hear Bonnie, my wife, yelling
from downstairs, "Ken, can you
let the dog out?"
I open my eyes, look up and
see the TV is off. I pause. Was it
just a dream? Wow, that seemed
so real. I turn on the TV. CNN's
headline? "No deal on the deficit!'
Oh well, time to let Macy out.
Maybe one day — someday — the
dream will come true. —

Ken Gross is an attorney with Thav

Gross and host of The Financial Crisis

Talk Center, a radio program that airs

at 9:00 a.m. each Saturday on WDFN

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