There are plenty of people with more money than those people who would scoff at that kind of stuff out of pure principle, culture or growing up poor. Or it's a

There are plenty of people with more money than those people who would scoff at that kind of stuff out of pure principle, culture or growing up poor. Or it's a tax deduction because leasing cars are deductible while buying them is not as easily deductible, so it's overall cheaper for them to act that way then to be traditionally money smart about it.