@lyndal1838 wrote:
There could be two ways of looking at it David.....you don't own a car because you are too poor to buy one or run one.
Or you are not poor because you don't own a car...you don't have to find the money to buy a car and run it.
"Poor" is a very subjective word anyway....what about those who are asset rich but poor in terms of disposable income such as pensioners who own their own home. You can't eat the doors or pay the bills with the windows.
And the working poor who work their guts out but will never be "rich" by anyone's standards.
perhaps my 'dont own a car therefore poor' was a 'poor' (excuse the pun) way of saying what i ment.
if you live in the metro area with buses and shops close by you can live without a car on a low income.
but once you move to country areas where buses are non existent and walking to the shops would take hours if not longer, a car is pretty much non negotiable. i dont know how many rural people manage to put decent food on the table every day.
no doubt there are a lot on the pension that are doing ok. also there are a lot not doing ok.
it would be nice to have a govt not tarring the whole lot with one brush as 'ripping off the system'
as thats the message that seems to be getting out.
