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More Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New Cars (jalopnik.com)
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[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

but also my wife and I lived with in our means, which is something I feel that isn’t talked about in the consumerism age.

the problem is the basic cost of living is going up beyond what can be afforded and people scream at you about not making extremely bad decisions you didn't even make and don't have to in order to end up struggling.