Today, millions of people who live in poverty know the one inescapable fact about their situation—it’s expensive being poor. While this saying may seem counterintuitive at first, it does make a lot of sense. Compared to those who live in comfort, underprivileged people often have to spend more money just to survive.
Terry Pratchett, an English fantasy writer, had a great observation for one of the many reasons why it’s more costly to be poor than to be wealthy. Although the author is no longer with us, his work still gets shared on his official Twitter account. In a recent post, Pratchett’s estate tweeted the “Captain Samuel Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness” from his 1993 book “Men At Arms.”
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The theory comes from a simple piece of dialogue where Vimes, who was born into poverty and became a member of the nobility, observes the habits of the rich. He explained that one reason the rich keep getting richer “was because they managed to spend less money”. Read on for the full story.
Author Terry Pratchett’s story about two pairs of boots explains how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
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