Debunking the Bootstrap Myth
His father, George W. Romney, was CEO of American Motors Co. (1954-62), governor of Michigan (1963-69) and secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1969-73).
His mother, Lenore LaFount, was a U.S. senate candidate in 1970. President Calvin Coolidge appointed her father to what is now the Federal Communications Commission.
Romney may have worked hard. But he hardly started off in a cheap pair of boots. No, he probably started off with a closet full of expensive shoes, suits, shirts and neckties.
If he had any boots, were they work boots or boots for recreation? If he had a job interview, what was the likelihood that the interviewer wasn’t connected to his patrician society?
Can one really claim they earned it the old-fashioned way when their father was CEO of one of the largest corporations on earth and at the head table of a political party?
No one succeeds because by “pulling themselves up by the bootstraps” you become successful because of A) your family, either being able to help set you up and/or support you financially/emotionally/exc B) have a good education or at least having people teach you business rules/work rules/exc C) luck
The majority of politicians that support the “bootstrap” myth are typically rich white males that likely, without family support connections, would be minimum wage workers at or at best maybe a manager at a small restaurant or something.
(Source: azspot, via seriouslyamerica)
