That's a given

We teach both systems in school. But once out of school we almost never use metric. And while NASA uses SI (not exactly the same as metric), until the late 80s all of the contractors actually building hardware for them used "standard".

I've decided to become a communist in the truest, purest, sense of the word. The government cannot extract taxes from the people. The government owns a large minority of every public company, let's say 30%. They must fund from dividends, tariffs, and charging for direct services. Admittedly, there's probably only like 5 countries this could practically work for.

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That is a very value laden statement. What is the purpose of money? At some point it is to be spent. IMO a new car could be a good use of money if it can be comfortably spent because I enjoy cars. Someone who truly hates cars, but needs one might see one might see a new Camry as worthwhile just so they don't have to deal with it.

I'd say concert tickets are the worst possible use of money. A car is going to depreciate ~20% the first year then ~10% annually thereafter. Concert tickets depreciate 100% immediately. But some people really enjoy going to concerts so it's a worthwhile use of money for them.

But yes, if your goal is to maximize number of miles you can drive per dollar spent, get a get a 3 year old Lincoln or Toyota and maintain it until there's rust holes in the frame rails.

Democrats are a donkey because some prominent newspaper repeatedly refered to Andrew Jackson as "that jackass". Not sure about the elephant.

When you buy a new car, you pay tax on the whole car. When you lease a car you pay tax on the difference in cost between the trade in and the new car. Financing is cheaper than taxes.

If you are upper middle class and view a car as a mere appliance, leasing makes a lot of sense. Because of tax structuring, leasing a new car every 3-5 years is cheaper than buying a new car and trading in the old one at the same rate. If it's a Honda or Toyota you don't have to worry about anything ever breaking. If it's a luxury brand and something does break, you'll get a complimentary loaner.

Mostly it's about just not having to deal with problems. But also, if you make $150k per year, avoiding missing 1 day of work every 3 years because of your car being unusable, is worth never having a car out of warranty.

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