I've paid USD 89.00 for a pair of work boots; I wear them a lot. Usually I won't pay more than UDS 40.00. I try to get everything on sale, if I can.

Were I the man who bought the shoes I wouldn't have done it. Then I could have made the point that I didn't because others couldn't. A symbol is sometimes far, far preferable...symbols can make or break a leader or a government.