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These people made the choice to have a large family

People don't choose who they're born to. A number of people take jobs to support their parents and siblings. There's a guy in the sad thread who is trying to figure out a way for his mother and sibling to move in, because they cannot support themselves. It's called being selfless.
You've also got people who did not mean to have a family, but it happened anyway.

or saving money to buy a car (is it used or new?)

Well, I used the term "40-year-old clunker". That kinda implies that it's either used or so old that it might as well be. The point is, if someone literally has no other option for transportation, a good portion of that person's income is going to go into maintenance, gas and stuff.

or taking on large debt to goto school.

And you're ignoring that higher education is practically a requirement in some circles to getting the kind of job that pays enough for you to fool around with investments in the first place.

I see. Better test it before you start making designs. You may also have to do some fiddling with the zeppelin mod, because it will only accept certain block IDs by default to make a ship (wood, wool, etc). I'm pretty sure that entirely new blocks would not work at first.

Picked up on what? The concert, or Obama's coolness?

I just heard the sound of blues from the living room TV, and wandered in to see Barack leading into the song Sweet Home Chicago.
I knew Obama was cool, at least in comparison to Bush, the only other president from my lifetime that I paid attention to. The concert just made it official.

Obama is hosting a blues concert at the White House. He is now the coolest president in recent history.

Major flaw in your plans: last I checked, the Zeppelin mod does not allow working redstone. Maybe it got updated and I missed it (I downloaded it probably two months ago), but things like pistons and dispensers are just static blocks rather than contraptions once part of an airship.

I feel like a part of my childhood just died D:

R.I.P., Jan.

I coulda sworn I had a Valve coupon, but I guess not. I do have two one copy of The Ship if anyone wants it.
All gone! Sorry folks

I don't want anything. Kudos to you for being so generous though!