jack [he/him, comrade/them]M to traingang • edit-23 years agoUsed car prices skyrocket in the US, over 50% of households can't afford one (prices up 40% from a year ago to ~$29K avg)external-linkmessage-square112 fedilinkarrow-up1138file-text
arrow-up1138external-linkUsed car prices skyrocket in the US, over 50% of households can't afford one (prices up 40% from a year ago to ~$29K avg)jack [he/him, comrade/them]M to traingang • edit-23 years agomessage-square112 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear80·3 years ago The US economy is dependent on a vast army of underpaid workers. These workers can no longer afford the cars they need to drive to go to work The US can't build transit for ideological reasons Even if the US could build transit undoing generations of car-exclusive city planning and infrastructure is a gargantuan task I'm sure the free market will find a good solution to this :this-is-fine: link
minus-squareemizeko [they/them]hexbear44·3 years agothey'll just add more debt and fractionalize car ownership link
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear29·3 years agoJust adding more debt? I can't see how that could possibly go wrong. link
minus-squaredeterminism2 [he/him]hexbear27·3 years agoYou will own nothing and you will be happy link
minus-squareD61 [any]hexbear17·3 years agoLess "buy here/pay here" used car places and more "lease a pre-owned vehicle HERE!" link
minus-squareSatanic_Mills [comrade/them]hexbear23·3 years agoWhen does Wile E. Coyote finally notice he's no longer running on solid ground? link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear19·edit-23 years agoCompany car provided, but it's taken directly from your paycheck and if you quit or get fired before it's paid off the remainder becomes a high interest debt link
minus-squareHodgePodge [love/loves]hexbear10·3 years agoUber and lyft already do something like this. link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear7·3 years agoI wasn't being funny, that's just an observation on how this will probably play out link
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]hexbear10·3 years agoLots of jobs where you can't do that, especially underpaid jobs in the service sector. link
minus-squareNaturalsNotInIt [any]hexbear5·edit-23 years agoThe solution is called Jitney cabs when no one can afford Uber. link
I'm sure the free market will find a good solution to this :this-is-fine:
they'll just add more debt and fractionalize car ownership
Just adding more debt? I can't see how that could possibly go wrong.
You will own nothing and you will be happy
Less "buy here/pay here" used car places and more "lease a pre-owned vehicle HERE!"
When does Wile E. Coyote finally notice he's no longer running on solid ground?
Company car provided, but it's taken directly from your paycheck and if you quit or get fired before it's paid off the remainder becomes a high interest debt
Uber and lyft already do something like this.
I wasn't being funny, that's just an observation on how this will probably play out
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Lots of jobs where you can't do that, especially underpaid jobs in the service sector.
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The solution is called Jitney cabs when no one can afford Uber.