Well, try to get some freedom to do. Fella says you’re jus’ as free as you got jack to pay for it.
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 12. This is a powerful comment from a tire salesman on Highway 66 to a traveler claiming that it is a free country. The salesman argues that there’s freedom in California, so long as you can afford to pay for it. This shows how corrupt California is, that freedom must be bought there.