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A long time ago I worked at a pizza shop as a delivery boy and cook. Multiple coworkers had luxury cars, including one Cadillac sporty sedan. They just seemed t
by seibelj 8y ago
A long time ago I worked at a pizza shop as a delivery boy and cook. Multiple coworkers had luxury cars, including one Cadillac sporty sedan. They just seemed to put every possible spare dollar they had towards the most expensive car possible. Made no sense, but buying too much car is a common phenomenon in America.
- H1Supreme 8y agoThat mentality is absolutely puzzling to me. A friend of mine is/was exactly that way. He would rather live at home and drive a Jaguar or a BMW, then move out and drive something more affordable.
- icedchai 8y agoBlame the banks. If it weren’t easy to get loans, people would live within their means. They wouldn’t have a choice.
- ddingus 8y agoYes they would. Banks are not the only finance means. On a more basic level, we set expectations for standard of living, and business actually depends on, expects those behaviors, while half the nation does not have income to meet those expectations, often despite full time or more labor. This idea of shitty jobs being worthless completely ignores the cost of the laborers. And those costs fall on all of us. Why subsidize business in this way? Or, if we want to do that, why so much angst over assistance?
- icedchai 8y agoI may be confused. Owning a luxury automobile has nothing to do with expectations for a standard of living. In many parts of the world, a car is required, yes... but a Cadillac, Mercedes, or BMW? No.