My favorite code phrase is "take personal responsibility." That means: It's your own damn fault if you happen to be disabled, mentally ill, laid off from your job or elderly and don't have enough money to pay the rent or buy health insurance. It's your personal responsibility to make enough money to pay your medical bills regardless of the fact that no company will insure you and you really weren't intelligent enough to go to college and qualify for a job with good benefits. It's your responsibility to find a way to support that baby that you had because you were 15, came from a very dysfunctional family, got no sex education and believed what our sex-saturated society (the media and other sources) led you to believe about the pleasure and excitement that comes with "making love" to someone who seems to like you. Just pull up your bootstraps and take "personal responsibility," damn it! What do you mean....you have no idea where to start or what that even means?
