The American Dream

Wow. I rarely read a news story that makes me sit up, take notice and feel good about myself, but this one about income mobility did just that.

A kid took 25 bucks, a gym bag, went to the homeless section of a town in South Carolina, camped out, and set a goal. With no outside help or contact, he was going to start over and prove to the world that in America anyone can be well off. In 10 months, he went from having just a bag and barely enough money to buy supper to living in an apartment, driving a pickup truck and having nearly five grand in the bank.

To all the nay-sayers who think it’s impossible for the poor to leave their poverty:

PWNT!