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Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine
According to Consumer Reports:
So nearly 85% of Americans make monthly payments. Keep in mind in 2014, 16.52 million (yes million) new cars were sold in the U.S. That means that 5% of the entire population of the United States got a new car in '14
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Fascinating. Thanks for posting this.
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in the U.S., where bigger is usually equated to better
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IMO, this is because much of the populace are sheep being herded by marketers, rather than having the self awareness to examine what they really need and what might be in their best interest. However, I think people should be able to make any such decisions without any level of government influencing them.