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Tree-Hugger

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8. Hard times can happen to everyone

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 02:05 PM

Nov 2020

You have no idea if that car is paid off, about to be repo'd, borrowed, a company car. Appearances are often deceiving and you have no idea what circumstances affect this person. People's financial situations have turned on a dime this year. This is the kind of crap that Republicans say about people who need assistance. I'm saddened to find that attitude on DU.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Archae Nov 2020 OP

Oh stop. CrispyQ Nov 2020 #1

. . . or even how they came to be driving a Mercedes, which they may not own. Journeyman Nov 2020 #4

You can have a good job and very nice car one day and zip the next. Lars39 Nov 2020 #2

Why does it bother you? wryter2000 Nov 2020 #3

Maybe the Mercedes belongs to a family who's jobs dware Nov 2020 #5

In other news, someone's dog recieved a mail-in ballot. Dawson Leery Nov 2020 #6

You might want to edit or delete this thread. dware Nov 2020 #7

Hard times can happen to everyone Tree-Hugger Nov 2020 #8

What specifically bothers you about this? LanternWaste Nov 2020 #9

Used ones can be surprisingly inexpensive happybird Nov 2020 #10

A friend of mine had a used one CountAllVotes Nov 2020 #13

I was just looking on Carmax happybird Nov 2020 #20

Problem is, Mercedes are much more expensive to maintain csziggy Nov 2020 #25

That does sound reasonable. Archae Nov 2020 #22

That, and my understanding is they're notoriously expensive to maintain. MerryBlooms Nov 2020 #24

This is LITERALLY Reagan's "Welfare Queen" propo obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #11

Food stamps and a Caddy Sympthsical Nov 2020 #14

I really, really want to say what you just said, dware Nov 2020 #15

OFFS. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2020 #12

Back when I bought my most recent car MissB Nov 2020 #16

What precisely JustAnotherGen Nov 2020 #17

Yeah really, the church on the street down below my house gives away food to people in need.. RANDYWILDMAN Nov 2020 #18

I had a BMW when I fell on hard times Sanity Claws Nov 2020 #19

Yes. He's tired of eating in 5 star restaurants tavernier Nov 2020 #21

I volunteered for 9 hours at a food bank yesterday. bronxiteforever Nov 2020 #23

I lulz'd KG Nov 2020 #26