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In fact , amazement must have fairly deprived me of my senses , when I could not see the vast difference , in appearance , between the surface below me , and the surface of my mother earth . Whether or not you believe that we live in a land of opportunity or not — I in fact do — doesn ’ t mean that those differences in beliefs reflect anything about reality . We agreed that the amount of money going into the traditional benefit should be exactly 12.4 percent of payroll , no more and no less than the payroll tax today . It is impossible — utterly impossible — to form any adequate idea of the horror of my situation .