Where are the Bootstraps?
I think I know why we have so many poor people in this country. Since childhood, I (and probably you) have heard statements including the words "yourself" and "bootstraps." Or, when speaking of someone else, we hear that they pulled themselves up (or need to) by their bootstraps. So, if more Americans would pull themselves up by their bootstraps, they wouldn't have to sponge off the government. Right? Here's the problem. I don't own any bootstraps. Do you? Do you even know where to buy bootstraps (and you'd have to buy them, because nobody's giving them away)? I don't either. I just did a pretty extensive search online for bootstraps and all I found were some biker/s&m type things that I don't believe apply in this case. So, how the hell are people supposed to pull themselves up by their bootstraps if they can't get any bootstraps? Imagine a dialogue like this: Poor Person : God, I'm so broke. My life is caving in around me! D