Watching the Democrats I realized Trump could literally have declared he was going to have the government pay for free full healthcare for all Americans and pay for it by raising taxes on the rich to 60% rates and they wouldn't have clapped.
Sligjt correction though...unlike most consumer products made 50-100 years ago, cars were only made to last a few years. Old cars were notorious for being junk after 50k miles up until the 90s or so. 100 years ago, you needed to be a minor mechanic to just operate a car, adjusting the engine, topping off the water and oil. Junkyards in the 20s were already full of broke cars. In the 50s and 60s, if your car had over 40k miles, it was time for a new one, which is why so many Boomers have fond memories of driving "junker" or jalopy classic cars that were from like 1963 when they were teens in 1968. 70s-80s cars would rust out after a couple years.
Contrast that to today where a car with 80,000 miles is just getting started if you change the oil every 10k (3k was probably not good enough in 1955). People are driving 8-10 year old cars like they're brand new.
This doesn't hold true for a toaster from 1940 or a fridge from 1970 which could work for decades. Hell, I have a clock radio with wood grain in my bedroom from 1984 which works perfectly fine.
