Will Rodgers quote, We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile. Big difference I think between the US where my

Will Rodgers quote, We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile. Big difference I think between the US where my grandmother was driving to high school during WWI and Britain. Even now I think Europeans drive half as many miles a year as Americans. Course another quote from a middle class British writer of the first half of the 20th century. About her families situation after WWII. We never imagined being wealthy enough to own a car and at the same time too poor to have servants. Offhand thought of mine is there always was some sort of prudishness about commies/fascista that looked down on any trappings of wealth.