“...poverty is a trap that requires outside assistance to escape.”

“There is no such thing as a self-made man nor is it possible to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Those are lies selling us on the destructive myth of personal autonomy; lies reminiscent of Serpent-Satan’s lies to our first parents and the subsequent lie of Cain who dared to mutter to God, ‘am I my brother’s keeper?’” - The Gospel & Poverty