homeownership

And all of us will pay an even steeper price if we allow this crisis to continue to deepen, a crisis which is unraveling homeownership, the middle class, and the American Dream itself..如果我们允许这个危机继续恶化下去，我们所有的人将会付出更大的代价。 这个危机正在瓦解美国人对房屋的拥有权、中产阶级以及美国梦本身。

First, a bit of background: I worked in the Bush White House and wrote speeches - cited in the Times piece - where the president extolled the virtues of homeownership..作为背景，我先说明一下，我在布什领导下的白宫工作，撰写讲话稿，有时候《时代》会引用一下，当总统赞美房产政策的时候。