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Once, he even paid $300 for a pair of black and silver Gucci dress shoes

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I wouldn't exactly call those shoes. I have those. They're a step above slippers. They have a rubber sole. Great for driving long distances or running errands, though.

So, what black and silver Gucci dress shoes does he mean? The classic Gucci loafers with silver clasp are around $600 unless he's referring to sneakers, but those aren't dress shoes and they start around $400.

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Either fucking way, if he is a poor inner city kid who is trying to get his GED at age 19, he has NO business wearing anything more expensive than Payless or the freaking goodwill.

[Ethnic_burg]Unless he be slinging dat dope and running dem Ho-Hos on da side....da side his momma dont know about.[/Ethnic_burg]


See kids, you just received an abbreviated, yet still very effective, lesson in economics, namely WHY poor people STAY poor. They simply refuse to grasp, or the DO grasp but ignore it anyway, the principle that because they currently have limited means, they must tone their tastes and spending DOWN in order to try and accumulate some form of savings, which they can invest or otherwise USE to better their situation with an eye to increasing their earning potential in the long run, which will, in turn INCREASE their savings rate and the amount of liquidity they can accumulate which will FURTHER increase the ways they may INCREASE their earning power....etc etc etc

But it doesnt exactly happen OVERNIGHT which is where most of these poor folks fail....when you live in da ghetto where every night could be your last (hell, every moment could be your last), either from bullets over broadway (REAL Bullets over the REAL street), or from the HIV in your sister's best friend who you decide to fuck when she sleeps over in your living room (which doubles as the kitchen/laundry) in order to escape from her frisky Stepfather (who gave her the HIV)....when your life is seemingly on the edge of oblivion, then saving money to get the fuck out of there seems like a lost cause, so you fucking buy the Gucci (gucci goo) shoes and vicariously elevate your poor ass out of the ghetto, at least until the clerk finishes ringing up the sale and puts the receipt in the bag (assuming you havent shoplifted it....successfully)