Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
Few families that you purport to be SOOOO concerned about are about to take off from work for a sabbatical every few years and live of the alleged carfree savings like that claimed possible by LCF New Age/bohemian posters. Few families or even individuals are about to have the income producer take a voluntary year long income free sabbatical with savings O/H and other income total of only $5,000 or $10,000. That is the issue being discussed, not your sociological and environmental hobbyhorses.
JoeyBike says he's taken many a year-long sabbatical thanks to his car-free lifestyle, and I have no reason not to believe him. With regard to low-income families, if you doubt that an extra five or ten thousand dollars a year would be useful to many of them in their struggle to provide their children with nutritious meals, I suggest you leave your posh neighborhood for a few hours and motor over to your nearest ghetto. I'm sure the folks who live there would be more than happy to set you straight.
