Originally Posted by TimJ
The idea that anyone with budget problems or car problems can just get a job closer to home or move closer to a job is asinine and insulting and I suspect a lot of people here buy into it because it makes them feel superior
That is just asinine. Those places are just out there for the taking, right? Anyone can pack up and move to a city with affordable housing, adequate mass transit, and all that other great stuff, right? It's so damn easy, everyone who now lives in a city that doesn't provide these things could move to a community just like that, right? Or no, not everyone, just the poor people, is that right? There's a whole bunch of these communities out there and it would be so freaking simple for some poor shmuck to move to one, get an affordable home and get a decent job, right?
You look at these folks, most are making Starbucks money after they pay their transportation costs. The days of cheap motoring are coming to an end and the poor will not be able to afford extenstive motorized transport to low paying jobs.
You did not offer a solution to the high cost but were critical of mine. Do you think the poor should continue to stay in those low paying jobs while spending half of their pay on fuel? Do you hope they find better paying jobs? What is your solution?
The real solution will require moving or getting a higher paying job that can absorb the high cost of motor transport. Unfortunately, the poor are in their situation because they are unskilled and this group is growing. They are going to be effected the most by the rising cost of fuel and it will change our nation as a whole.