David MitchellAlways, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.
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The thing about poverty is that it is often a matter of luck. While not everyone who is poor will suffer the same fate, some will be born into it. Women are meant to give life to the new generation, but they are also meant to bear the burden of poverty on themselves. When women are poor, their children will be poor, and when their children are poor, their grandchildren will be poor.
Source: Ghostwritten
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