[pg]

Due to the inflexibility in cost of necessary commodities

Really? So are all the people driving around in lowered SUVs with giant chromed rims rich? Or are you saying that lowered SUVs with giant chromed rims are a necessary commodity?

[jpancake]

I think it's cute that you skirted my main point.

A car isn't a necessary commodity. Food is. Housing is. Cars aren't. For the poorest Americans, the necessary acts of eating and securing shelter consume the vast majority of their income.

Secondly, what makes you think that someone who's driving a 'lowered SUV with giant chromed rims' can't afford it? Implicit racial bias? Why did you pick this example? Why not something closer to home: Did every douche in Silicon Valley with a BMW pay for it outright?