Have you heard about our national crimewave? Well, the FBI stats are out for 2022, and guess what?

Hyenas/criminals always attack the weak. Blaming the manufacturers for their vehicles being stolen the most is missing the point - as you always do. So I will state the obvious - which you fail to grasp - stealing cars in Chicago has doubled in the past year --https://www.google.com/search?q=Percentage+of+stolen+cars+in+Chicago&oq=Percentage+of+stolen+cars+in+Chicago&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160.18315j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 --- How common is car theft in Chicago? — According to new data from Chicago police, an average of 83 cars are reported stolen per day in the city. The number of car thefts has doubled this year, compared to last, and overall, car thefts are up 226% from 2019.

David, I know that I am talking WAY over your head when I refer to basic behavioral economics, but hey, I'm a hopeless optimist. Here goes:

People react to incentives.

- When people began carrying less cash because of credit and debit cards, crime plummeted. It is still about half what it was in 1991.

- When fencing stolen goods through eBay, Amazon, etc. became available, organized criminal shoplifting took off.

- When stealing (some Hyundai and Kia) cars became infinitely easier, car theft went WAY up. (As WAY up as this discussion is WAY over David's head? That's debatable.)

And to get back off this tangent, most crime went WAY down in 2022, and in 2023 it looks to be even WAYer.

      Cherry picking  - your favorite vice - is a tool for trolls. Try posting complete articles with sources if you want your posts to be accepted.

Why talk to David at all? He has NOTHING but the same response--insults and weaseling.

Actually, it was the opposite of cherry-picking. In an effort to be fair, I specifically mentioned an area where the crime rate has risen, and which therefore somewhat countered my argument.

David, if you ever did something like that you would be a better person.

  You cherry picked, you know it and I pointed it out.

I'm asking before I check.  Are the 2022 crime rates higher or lower vs 2020 or 2019?  I'm quite certain that I know the answer.  Kevin posted how gas prices have plummeted, though they are 33% higher than near pre covid prices.

So better, and horrible.

Boiler...it's 2023. And yes, they have plummeted. Anybody who buys gas knows that. You could pick some point in the past when those prices were lower. So yes, they're higher than they were in 1912.

Like many things you're quite certain of but dead wrong about, crime rates are lower than the previous time they were nationally reported. They're also higher than they were in 1683.

I'm quite certain that you Shortbus fools will manipulate and twist statistics to reach the "conclusion" you want. That's hypocritical and intellectually dishonest--as are you.