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flamesfever · 12-18-2008, 01:14 PM

I noticed growing up in the 50's and 60's in Ontario that the whole province runs on salt. The salt causes cars to start showing rust after 3 years, so everyone thought they had to have a new car every 3 years.

I also reasoned at the time that if you consider the profit from an average family over a 3 year period, that all the profit was used buying a new car every 3 years. Therefore the average family were forgoing the building of wealth to keep the car makers in business.

12-18-2008, 01:14 PM	#816
flamesfever First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2004 Exp:	I noticed growing up in the 50's and 60's in Ontario that the whole province runs on salt. The salt causes cars to start showing rust after 3 years, so everyone thought they had to have a new car every 3 years. I also reasoned at the time that if you consider the profit from an average family over a 3 year period, that all the profit was used buying a new car every 3 years. Therefore the average family were forgoing the building of wealth to keep the car makers in business.