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Originally Posted by kbui
This is what I and most Americans should have a problem with. Just because there are individuals who can't think for themselves or manage their lives, the government should tell ALL of us how to live and what's good for us?
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Someone has to, or at least that's the American mentality. Seriously when I took my current job I knew my annual commute was going to be between 50,000 to 60,000 miles a year. Using my Camaro for such a task would have just been a waste of money, so I decided to get a more economical vehicle to offset the high fuel costs. Most people hide behind excuses like "my family is too big for a car" and "I'm an American I should drive whatever I want even if I can't afford it."
The question is what do you do when people can't take care of themselves anyone or make the right financial choices? Ideally I'd say let them crash and burn but we aren't a society for good or bad that lets that happen. Look at all the drugged up freeloaders who are on wellfare and foodstamps who refuse to get a job. You think the latest economic downturn would have made people think twice about what they do about money, but it hasn't and thus we see government intervention.
