Socialism

My best friends (a couple) are more progressive than the average liberal but they VERY much fall into this pattern SO quickly if I cross the wrong line, especially with cars/infrastructure. They turn conservative real quick. Lad was running me home recently after helping him work on their new shed at the house she just bought, and got kinda crappy at me for not taking on a car loan.

They know my whole deal, I'm on a fixed income with the VA with a (thankfully) cheap mortgage but I'm not rolling in it.I get a bus discount, I travel alot on Amtrak to places like DC, NYC, etc and tend to do things on a whim around town BECAUSE I keep my margin free. But still, because HE got into an auto loan (he's still not paid off because he refinanced once or twice) before both prices and borrowing rates skyrocketed, there's no reason I couldn't get a brand new car AND pay the premium insurance, AND pay for maintenance and gas.

He got outright snippy about it. Like bro sorry it's just not high on my priority list. One day, but I get to the doctor and the grocery store fine and y'all help me the once every month or two I need new water dispenser bottles (which I occassionally pitch in on gas for and work around whatever we're doing anyway together.) So I just don't care.