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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 532682" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>If he's high all of the time except for when he is at work, he will use your car to buy drugs on his way to or from work.</p><p></p><p>You say all of his friends come home for the summer and use their parent's cars to go to work. I assume they're "coming home" from school in the summer? Does your son go to school? </p><p></p><p>Why doesn't he get a ride from one job site to another with one of the other workers? He's getting paid cash, so he could contribute $5/$10 a day to someone until he can get his own transport.</p><p></p><p>Does your son have a license? Does he have insurance? Who pays for it?</p><p></p><p>I didn't get a license until I was 25 years old and had two children. I worked 18 miles from home doing shift work. I had to take 3 buses to get there and three buses to get home and I lived and traveled through some very dangerous neighborhoods. For <em>years</em> I walked because it was the only way I could get places, and I have muscular dystrophy. It inspired me to get my own car. Having my own car inspired me to keep working so that I would never have to ride a bus again or bum a ride. </p><p></p><p>I don't think you would be helping him to be self-sufficient to let him use your car.</p><p></p><p>on the other hand - Getting paid good money under the table - oh, <em>so much</em> wrong with this statement that I don't even know where to start. Let's see, heavy construction with no benefits. What if he hurts himself? No work record to build credit to buy a car or rent an apartment with. Not paying into Social Security or Medicare. Why do I have to pay taxes on my income and your son who is already a burden to society does not? I'm sure there's more, but it all seems so obvious to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 532682, member: 99"] If he's high all of the time except for when he is at work, he will use your car to buy drugs on his way to or from work. You say all of his friends come home for the summer and use their parent's cars to go to work. I assume they're "coming home" from school in the summer? Does your son go to school? Why doesn't he get a ride from one job site to another with one of the other workers? He's getting paid cash, so he could contribute $5/$10 a day to someone until he can get his own transport. Does your son have a license? Does he have insurance? Who pays for it? I didn't get a license until I was 25 years old and had two children. I worked 18 miles from home doing shift work. I had to take 3 buses to get there and three buses to get home and I lived and traveled through some very dangerous neighborhoods. For [I]years[/I] I walked because it was the only way I could get places, and I have muscular dystrophy. It inspired me to get my own car. Having my own car inspired me to keep working so that I would never have to ride a bus again or bum a ride. I don't think you would be helping him to be self-sufficient to let him use your car. on the other hand - Getting paid good money under the table - oh, [I]so much[/I] wrong with this statement that I don't even know where to start. Let's see, heavy construction with no benefits. What if he hurts himself? No work record to build credit to buy a car or rent an apartment with. Not paying into Social Security or Medicare. Why do I have to pay taxes on my income and your son who is already a burden to society does not? I'm sure there's more, but it all seems so obvious to me. [/QUOTE]
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