Pumps' Perplexities

My local Virginia newspaper had an article,
in today's Sunday issue, regarding the above
noted subject......

A quote from a 16 year old....."There are so
many things you have to do to survive now.
It used to be just clothes on your back, food
on the table and a roof over your head. Now,
it's everything".......

WHAT THE HECK IS EVERYTHING?

A quote from an 82 year old, regarding WWII
and having to ration almost everything:
sugar, leather shoes, tires, gas......"You made
do with the little you had because you had
to. We had coupon books and stamps to
figure out what we could have. Americans
have gotten so use to THINGS that we can't
take it when we hit a bad patch."

The 16 year old was wearing an "approved"
National Baseball League cap, a real
expensive piece of clothing and I suspect
an EVERYTHING item......Pumps