We Die, They Don’t

Rich people live a lot longer than poor people. The difference may be as much as 15 years.

Why?

It’s easy to find a chart on preventable causes of death on the internet. Here are some in order of the most deaths caused.

• Nontransport accidental injuries
• Intentional self-harm
• Transport accidents
• Assault
• Event of undetermined intent
• Complications of medical and surgical care
• Legal intervention
• Operations of war

Poor people get killed on the job, rich people generally don’t. Poor people get depressed and kill themselves, rich people generally don’t. Poor people are always in a hurry and have unsafe cars, rich people generally don’t. Rich people have better protection, better medical care, better lawyers, and rich people generally don’t risk their lives in war.

That’s why.

—Gene Lantz

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