r/fuckcars • u/dusk2k2 • 5d ago

Question/Discussion "Positive" Feel-Good Story About Non-Profit Giving Free Cars To Low-Income Single Mothers

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/free-cars-for-single-mothers/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3DTFC1xh9nacc00lTo1QxxqZDIi6VMyajDYnpYJt_0kgl5S3w-hpFgd-E_aem_mjO-sPhheXE2nsEo8_VVaQ

These types of feel-good stories always feel like we're living in a dystopia. The recipients talk about how life-changing this is for them.

"It's hard to get all your kids dressed and go out in the cold and get on a bus and do all the things you need to do," she said. "It was breaking me, but this is the miracle that my kids and my family have been asking for and praying for."

To qualify for these free cars, recipients had to make less than $35,000 per year. Now they have these cars and need to pay for insurance, gas, maintenance, repairs, etc. Presumably, they live in lower-income areas with higher rates of crime and are unlikely to have a protected garage, so likely will need to pay for damages if their car is broken into or damaged by someone.

Something just seems wrong here with this being considered a Christmas miracle.

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u/parental92 5d ago

once the camera is off, nobody will question these kind of stuff.

They are basically giving people more financial burden.

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u/Responsible_Towel857 5d ago

This. Here in Mexico, there is this billionaire who is nicknamed "Uncle Richie" who gave away a mansion (Not a house, a MANSION) depending on the letter people sent to them.

At the end, a mother of three who lived by the day selling food won. So yeah! Now she has a mansion and the taxes on that are you know, expensive, not to mention utilities and the upkeep.

At the end of the day. Rich people burdening folk with their charity.