Considering even major cities are specifically designed around automobile. Or that in the 50's (highway act of 1956) when America could have decided to build fast interstate rail and develop cities around public transport, we chose massive highway expansion, I don't think it's unreasonable to think even the lower middle class and low class deserve to drive even just a beater. The entire infrastructure is not made to be without a car, it's a sad reality.
This is one reason democrats want tougher emissions and to go all electric, because it puts poor people at a complete disadvantage when their old rides can't pass emissions or they start recycling old cars instead of parting them out (which means you can't go to the junkyard and get cheap parts to fix something) And poor people at a disadvantage are poor people Democrats can exploit and abuse.
Considering even major cities are specifically designed around automobile. Or that in the 50's (highway act of 1956) when America could have decided to build fast interstate rail and develop cities around public transport, we chose massive highway expansion, I don't think it's unreasonable to think even the lower middle class and low class deserve to drive even just a beater. The entire infrastructure is not made to be without a car, it's a sad reality.
This is one reason democrats want tougher emissions and to go all electric, because it puts poor people at a complete disadvantage when their old rides can't pass emissions or they start recycling old cars instead of parting them out (which means you can't go to the junkyard and get cheap parts to fix something) And poor people at a disadvantage are poor people Democrats can exploit and abuse.