Makes Sense To Me

Twice in the past two days I have had almost identical group discussions with different groups. The first time it came up as a topic at Shabbat lunch, and the second time while I was sitting in traffic with some co-workers. I was only person present at both convos and I did not initiate either of them. The topic was the price of cars. I said (both times) if the government would drop the 150% tax it places on new cars the economy would boom. People would be able to move out of the city and get jobs. They would be able to go further for better paying jobs, and would be able to pay less for housing once out of the major cities. Not to mention, more people would be buying cars. Both times I was met with the most discouraging counter. More cars on the streets would only bring more accidents, more deaths, more traffic, more polution, and more poverty (b/c people would be faced with paying for gas, maintenance, and insurance) I still think the economy would be better off with more affordable cars.