arielnietzsche:

“Borrow money if you have to from your parents.”

We’ve always encouraged young people: Take a shot, go for it, take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from your parents, start a business.
~Mitt Romney

That’s Mitt Romney’s world view…it’s EASY to pull yourself out of poverty.  Just take a risk…get an education (but we won’t help keep rates low) and borrow money from your parents if you have to (even if they don’t have any money to lend).  People take risks every day and only a very slight few make it.  They’re exceptional and they’re not the norm.  The vast majority are stuck in life’s wake of stagnation.

He just doesn’t get it.  His dad was a three time elected Governor of Michigan, CEO of American Motors, former Republican presidential candidate and cabinet member in the Nixon administration.  Do you think that allowed Mitt for more opportunities than the average person?  This is a man of privilege – period.  As Anne Richards famously said about George W. Bush…”He was born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple.”  Well Romney is more accomplished than Bush in that regard but only because he was a vulture capitalist.  But I’m sure if Dad loans you $100 – you can go ahead and turn that into the next Google.  Give me a break.

I think you did a good job and that your intro provided a pretty non-threatening way to start examining that privilege.