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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel this way as well. We have a teen driver. What used to be a right of passage and no big deal, is now a huge financial undertaking. Insurance alone is exorbitant.  Plus gas. I live in a HCOL area where there is a lot of driving and no public transportation. I hope my own car lasts a long time because I have zero interest in replacing it. [/quote]

It is weird. When I was a kid around the turn of the century, teens were able to pick up working cars for under $1K and insurance was very manageable. I feel like everything is becoming dystopian.[/quote]

Yes, and then Obama "stimulated" our economy with the Cash for Clunkers program that got rid of these inexpensive used cars.  At the same time, he made sure that new cars would be more expensive by instituting emission standards based on the car's "footprint," which incentivized automakers to focus on producing larger, more expensive vehicles.

Health insurance also used to be affordable before the Affordable Care Act.  Racial tensions were at all-time lows before he inflamed them.  Lots of things worsened because of Obama.  Were you not aware of this?  It's why Republicans have dominated Americans politics since his departure.[/quote]

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