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Some liberals recommend the impoverished simply ride the bus if cars become too expensive to buy and operate.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/cars-highways-and-the-poor/[/URL]Cars, Highways, and the PoorAlthough driving is expensive, millions of poor families have no alternative. Almost 30 percent of the nation’s households have annual incomes lower than $25,000, yet more than 90 percent of Americans own a motor vehicle, at an average expense of $8,000 per year. Any increase in user fees designed to reduce car travel would fall hardest on the budgets of the working class, whose freedom of movement is already limited significantly because of the high cost of transportation.
Some liberals recommend the impoverished simply ride the bus if cars become too expensive to buy and operate.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/cars-highways-and-the-poor/[/URL]
Although driving is expensive, millions of poor families have no alternative. Almost 30 percent of the nation’s households have annual incomes lower than $25,000, yet more than 90 percent of Americans own a motor vehicle, at an average expense of $8,000 per year. Any increase in user fees designed to reduce car travel would fall hardest on the budgets of the working class, whose freedom of movement is already limited significantly because of the high cost of transportation.
