Robert Reich“It’s a cruel jest to say to a bootless man he ought to lift himself up.”
—Dr. King, 1967
mmalcSee also: “The Sam Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness”
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. … A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. … “
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory