LOL! This is an absurd article on so many levels it would take hours to write a proper retort.
Suffice it to say the argument “overpay to bail me out since we had overpaid before you” isn’t going to work.
Hey I have an idea, let’s pass a law that new cars would never lose value. After all, you don’t want someone to find out that the shiny new car they bought 5 years ago is now worth a tiny fraction of what they paid, do you? Imagine the insult and depression that would result!