From Grandmother Africa:
Silky, white, and made from horse hair, old-style European wigs—periwigs—are uncomfortable (ill-fitting and itchy) and downright ludicrous.
image via Grandmother Africa
They also carry a hefty price tag. Manufactured by two large British oligopolies, these wigs cost anywhere between 1,000 and 6,500 USD per wig!
So exactly how much money do our governments have in their coffers, to be spending that much on unnecessary trinkets? (And how much of a kickback per wig do our politicians receive for continuing this useless habit?)
Would the International Monetary Fund, which drastically slashes budgets of borrowing countries, also cut these frivolous wigs for austerity measures? Certainly not, since British companies obtain easy profits from the wasteful spending of those who obviously refuse to think for themselves...[more]
