On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 5:21 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote:
> I can't take people like Ryan seriously because his central assumption is > that > in America anyone can make good (financial success) through individual hard > work. Some of us can claim to have done that. But upon examination > almost all > 'self-made' success stories center on white males, probably protestant, > who come > from reasonably affluent backgrounds and who have very good educations. I > can't > help but be reminded of those waitresses I saw at a country Denny's. They > have > none of the advantages that Ryan presumes are common to all Americans but > he's > really talking about himself. Outside of sheer luck, they will never have > the > success that Ryan dreamily preaches... Some of those waitresses may be single mothers forced to work to support their child/children: http://news.yahoo.com/lack-income-education-harried-moms-050211794.html
