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More Than 80 Percent Of Americans Can’t Afford New Cars (jalopnik.com)
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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

You understand that if someone in a low paid job gets a better paid job, the low paid job does not disappear in a puff of smoke? That the proportion of people in low paid work is a function of political decisions as to what the economy should look like?

I mean, the headline is fucking ridiculous (we don't need anything like 10% of car sales to be new cars). But so is giving careers advice as a solution to the high prevalence of shit pay.