Auntie, I'm and have found that it's cheaper to maintain my 2006 Ford than to get a new or used vehicle. I have a mechanic who knows my car inside and out and after 200,000 miles when some thing wears out, he replaces it. I set aside moneys monthly for car repair, it adds up quickly to pay for repairs. I change the oil every 3000 miles even though it looks as clean as when it was changed. I use fuel and oil treatment, it doesn't cost much but will extend the life of the engine.

I'm going to drive this thing until it simply dies of old age. Being 72 and having spent my whole life working with my body (Head also) I don't know who will go first.

Happy Independence Day to all on OPP. Mike

https://www.acton.org/publications/t***satlantic/2019/08/27/americas-poorest-are-richer-most-average-europeans-study

Excerpt:> Why is the U.S. so much richer?

Instead of maligning the United States, the Times could have covered this issue in a way that would help people around the world improve their material well-being by replicating what makes the U.S. so successful. However, that would require conveying the following facts, many of which the Times has previously misreported:

High energy prices, like those caused by ambitious “g***n e****y” programs in Europe, depress living standards, especially for the poor;
High tax rates reduce incentives to work, save, and invest, and these can have widespread harmful effects;
Abundant social programs can reduce market income through multiple mechanisms – and as explained by President Obama’s former chief economist Lawrence Summers, “government assistance programs” provide people with “an incentive, and the means, not to work”;
The overall productivity of each nation trickles down to the poor, and this is partly why McDonald’s workers in the U.S. have more real purchasing power than in Europe and six times more than in Latin America, even though these workers perform the same jobs with the same technology;

Family disintegration driven by changing attitudes toward sex, marital fidelity, and familial responsibility has strong, negative impacts on household income; and
In direct contradiction to the Times, a wealth of data suggest that aggressive government regulations harm economies.
Many other factors correlate with the economic conditions of nations and individuals, but the above are some key ones that give the U.S. an advantage over many European and other OECD countries.

The Times closes its video by claiming that “America may once have been the greatest, but today America, we’re just okay.” In reality, the U.S. is so economically exceptional that the poorest 20 percent of Americans are richer than many of the world’s most affluent nations.

The g*******ts want the USA to share the motto: "Misery loves company" and they're providing us with millions of new "company" with the illegal invaders that this evil regime is inviting to our country that we're paying for.