[crabpott]

Went to a local food bank, a Sally Ann, to drop off some close to out of date stuff from my pantry, and was appalled at the (mostly) new trucks whose drivers, almost excursively Hispanic women,packing out bags of free food. At least they had car seats for the anchor babies. But I understand they can be had for free also. The seats, the babies are costing us. I no longer give anything to food banks. All my donations now go to animal rescue.

[steve86]

Went to a local food bank, a Sally Ann, to drop off some close to out of date stuff from my pantry, and was appalled at the (mostly) new trucks whose drivers, almost excursively Hispanic women,packing out bags of free food.

How do you determine from visual inspection whether the truck was purchased new or used? I sure can't and am reasonably well informed in the automotive area.

The other thing is that with low interest rates and stretched out loan payoffs these people aren't necessarily paying out that much each month. And the vehicles frequently are repossessed and resold multiple times. Many of the vehicles have remote systems the car dealer can use to disable the vehicle if the payment isn't made on time. At no point do the "owners" have anything like equity. Upside down all the time. Not sure I envy these people owing $60,000 on "their" "new" Escalades. I actually envy the guy driving the rebuilt and paid-for 1990 Geo Metro like I did until recently.