Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty
by rayiner on Saturday February 19, 2022 @05:25PM
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It doesn’t cost several thousand a year to insure and maintain a cheap old Japanese car, which poor parts of the country are full of.
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Re:We shouldn’t push a positive mindset on those in poverty
by bsder on Saturday February 19, 2022 @10:40PM
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He said: "maintenance, insurance and gas"
It very much does cost several thousand. My insurance alone was almost $1K per year. Gas was about $100 per week, but, in rural areas, that's probably $50 per week. That's about $2,500 per year.
In addition, most poor families have ONE, and only one, car. Putting it in for maintenance not only costs money for the maintenance but also money for alternate transportation.
I had a 20 year old Honda and a 20 year old Pontiac. It cost me about $2K per year for maintenance on each (I calculated that if it reached $5K per year it was time to get a new car). However, because I had two, I could put one in the shop and use the other without thinking. This is a luxury that the poor do not have.