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Friday, November 4, 2011

On Bootstraps

Are people who are out of a job lazy?  Are people who are protesting Wall Street and the unequal economy moochers who disdain real work?  Is the American Dream--that hard work, education, will be rewarded with a comfortable life, no matter what station in life you were born into--still true?  Are we a meritocracy?

Let's explore.