If politicians cared about helping the poor out of their circumstances they would eliminate government car inspections.
Imagine a young man gets a $15 an hour job but needs transportation to get to work. So he scrambles for 2-3 weeks and saves up $500
He can buy a cheap car and in a couple months of saving buy a $2000 car. After another. Six months or so, he can buy a $5000 car and drive that for a few years. He becomes a producer and great member of society.
In Maryland, cars need to be inspected on sale. That generally adds at least $1500 to the price of any older car.
So the government is disenfranchising the poor.
That’s why they want to build high-speed rail to Punxsutawney.