Rich and poor

One colorful politician who  was once catapulted to a national  position  with  the support of the masses, would hold his audience animated whenever he delivers a speech, comparing the rich and the poor in society.  He would say:

“When a rich man gets sick in the mind, it is nervous breakdown; but if the one  sick is poor, he is a lunatic.

When the rich gets pulmonary disease, it is just weak lungs; when he is poor, it is called T.B.

When a rich girl bears a child out of wedlock, nadisgracia lang , but when she is poor she is called a whore. 

When the rich gets skin disease, it is allergy; when it is the poor it is called leprosy.”

There are many more, but I don't remember them now. Under the present time, maybe we can add: 

“When the rich and perfumed  make a protest march, it is for democracy; when it is the poor and unwashed who would do that, it is  destabilization.

When the rich and mighty  get caught for stealing, it is just a lapse of judgment;  when it is the poor who would get caught doing the same  even for just a piece of bread probably because he was hungry, he is called a thief and  thrown in jail!”