"Bicycles are the slow death of the planet" A banker said to the economist. A cyclist is a disaster for a country's economy. They don't buy cars & they don't borrow big bucks to buy a car. They don't pay for insurance policies. Don't buy fuel, don't pay big bucks for repairs. They don't pay for parking. Don't cause major accidents which puts Personal Injury Lawyers out of business. No need for multi-lane highways.
Bicycle riders are generally healthier than people that drive cars. You don't see obese cyclists. Healthy people are not good or useful to the economy. They don't buy a lot of medicine. They don't go to hospitals or visit doctors very often. They add very little to a country's GDP.
On the contrary, each new fast food place that opens adds at least 30 jobs-and actually at least 10 cardiologists, 10 dentists, 10 dietitians & nutritionists...
It's something to think about~a bike or a new Fast Food outlet!
Power walkers are even worse. They don't even don't even buy bicycles!
*Posted by Jessica Maria Dwyer on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessdwyer/)
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