Says you. Poorer people in the United Stares would LOVE to have the option for a 10K car. It would really help their standard of living.
I’m happy for you that you can afford to plop $25K down for a car.
I’m happy for you that you can afford to plop $25K down for a car.
But it feels like we're reaching a point where we're trying to catch a falling knife, where every safety improvement is _obviously_ worth it, even as the easy gains have gone away. We've also (almost) completely ignored the safety of everyone outside of the vehicle in our arms race to protect occupants.
Someone would need to do a study to test if this were true. My guess is many of the safety feature are a net positive. It would be interesting to see the tradeoffs though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Motor_Vehicle_Safety_S...
It would be great if everyone could be wealthy enough to buy all their necessities and never worry about money, but that's a pipe dream.
Easily possible if we fix zoning laws, encourage building more homes, and reduce regulatory capture that prevents competition in industry.
Farming mfg out, puts those people out of a job, those out of a job can get lower pay or go on the dole -that comes out of all those "poorer people's" taxes. And, while we're at it, why not outsource poor people's labor overseas or even import cheap unskilled labor to undermine them?
No, you want to maintain a diversified, robust and self-sustaining economy that perpetuates wealth rather then siphon it overseas.