I was a poor kid too. Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is great if you can do it, but it's not a sustainable, universal solution. Whether you recognize it

I was a poor kid too. Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is great if you can do it, but it's not a sustainable, universal solution. Whether you recognize it or not, we've had advantages that other poor kids didn't -- even if that just means a lack of disadvantages. Let's not pull up the ladder behind us.