Imagine being privileged enough to have been born into a situation that allowed for a stable income with no food insecurity, free of the scourge of addiction, being provided a good education and arguing that paying people 7.25 an hour is enough. 1/

Imagine sitting there in your nice house and thinking that you’re there SOLELY because of your smarts, your grit. And thinking that the child that was born to a heroin addicted mother in a trailer in rural America, or in section 8 housing in the inner city should just 2/

“Pull themselves up by their bootstraps “or whatever. Because that is so easy to do without guidance, or mentorship or MONEY. (Sarcasm font)So “easy” that when you see it happen, it’s rare enough that people write books about those who manage to escape the cycle of poverty. 3/

Just unimaginable to me that people think that working full time and making 290 bucks a WEEK, or 400 at 10 bucks an hour whatever is sufficient. Sure some of these are kids getting some extra cash. But many are moms, dads, grammas struggling to keep the bills paid and on. 4/

The “bootstrap” meme permeates the American self-told narrative, but the nasty secret is is that for the vast majority, that narrative is a LIE. A lie that keeps people from voting directly against their own interests see: Kentucky, et al. 5/

So how will we change that narrative? How can we start to recognize and correct the inequities built into our system to keep the rich rich, and the poor subjugated to them? I don’t know the answer, This is just heavy on my mind today. As you were.
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