Jeb Bush: ‘American Dream has become a mirage’

Published February 4, 2015 3:53pm ET



Jeb Bush, the current 2016 GOP presidential front-runner, today said that the lingering economic woes still slamming many in the nation has made the American Dream “a mirage.”

In an address to the Detroit Economic Club, the former Florida governor began to lay out his vision for fixing the nation if he were to become president and he focused on helping urban areas like Detroit that are hurt more by the problems of the recovering economy yet still back President Obama and Democrats.

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