05-11-2015, 11:16 PM
(05-11-2015, 05:59 PM)gstanford Wrote: You mean you are a nation of gas guzzling idiots? There is nothing lacking in cheap Kia/hyundai/Great Wall vehicles, they have everything you need plus more to get you from A to B in comfort and at highway speed while still being economical in town. Same thing for cars like the Yaris from Toyota.
Greg did you happen to notice the top 5 selling cars on the list sell for $25K-$40K, and that combined they sold about as many as the next 15?
You think Americans are all hopping in their $30K cars and heading down to the Dollar General to buy some generic butt wipe?
Does that sound like to you?
The other stores you mention (E.G. Sears, Costco, Home Depot) aren't big on the "stack'em/cheap'em" model you're trying so frantically to say we need here. They all sell nice stuff, and are about as far from the Dollar General as we are from Australia.
Like Ocre said, in general the system works and even the poor here live pretty good. With average wages for a HS grad at around $30K, you get a husband and wife both making that and you're looking at $50K a year after taxes.
You can live on that pretty easily. Can't have 3 kids and drive a $30K car, but could have one kid and a couple used cars.