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"boots" The theory of Socioeconomic unfairness.

Dontgonearthere
08-02-2004, 23:10
Recent studies into the field of Socioeconomics have produced this theorum:
According to "Boots":
A poor man must buy poor quality boots, for, let us say, ten dollars (Its an arbitrary amount which doesnt really reflect the cost of boots in any country). These boots are fine for about three quarters of a year, but soon enough the cardboard wears through and he must spend another ten dollars on a NEW pair of boots. While this poor person is buying his boots, a rich person a mile away is purchasing a high-quality set of boots for fifty dollars, which are qutie comfortable and last for about ten years, providing our rich man does not partake of excess foodstuffs, and even then arent worn out, they just have a hole in the toe or the laces wore out, while in this time the poor person has had to buy ten new pairs of boots, for a grand total of a hundred dollars, so in fact, the rich man pays HALF the price the poor man does for boots.
This is "Boots" The theory of Socioeconomic unfairness.

In Dontgonearthere twelve bootmakers have been lynched by mobs of 'Financialy Disabled' for being unfair bastards.