Tripping on Dave Gardner and poor folks: He once remarked that, “The government ought to tax poor folks, give them incentive to become something.”
You doubtless remember Redd Foxx, who described how poor they were. He wore his tennis shoes out plumb up to the ankle.; They were like canvas spats. And the Thanksgivings with Grandma standing at the stove in case anything came. Or when Ma said to Pa, “Pa, the garbage man’s here.” Pa’d say, “Good, tell him to LEAVE two cans.”