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H1landr t1_iuw3ce7 wrote

Reply to comment by silas_shepherd in Huge State Police Presence on I-95 S Just Past Belvidere Overpass (Unrelated to Yesterday) by HopocalypseNow

According to the FBI violent crime is down 1% from last year. I know some sources would.have you believe otherwise.

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kneel_yung t1_iuwplu6 wrote

Annual crime statistics are going to be full of high frequency noise.

For example, if you look at crime data since 2011, crime is trending upwards, but if you look at crime data since 2000, crime has plummeted dramatically and the current upward trend is just a hiccup compared to the significant downward trend overall.

But then that's not good clickbait.

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mosaic_hops t1_iuwde2m wrote

I read crime is actually rising in some red states but on average it’s decreased slightly. Economic conditions are tough right now, I would expect to see some increase in crime as a result. It’s hard to put the brakes on all the stimulus that took place during COVID, and I think the Biden admin should have taken steps sooner. It would have been just as unpopular in the first weeks of his term as it is now.

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AphidGenocide t1_iuwf5gc wrote

I don't understand your comment... You read crime is down slightly but you expect economic conditions to make it increase? Economic conditions have been tough over the past several years, yet by your own admission there has been a decrease in crime...

You think the stimulus checks cause increased crime?

I want some of whatever you're smoking.

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H1landr t1_iuwj2me wrote

Though I don't agree with him I think what he is saying that stopping stimulus money will make those of us that actually got it because we needed it will resort to crime to maintain the extravagant lifestyle that we have grew so accustomed to back before March of 2021 when we got our last check.

At least that's what I take it to mean.

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oddistrange t1_iuz06cu wrote

I've been living off lobster since those stimmies. Some of y'all need to lay off the avocado toast and e-scooters. Kids smdh /s

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Sage_Advice420 t1_iuwvjdk wrote

I'm gonna guess you watch a lot of conservative media

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mosaic_hops t1_iuxkole wrote

I’m gonna guess you didn’t read what I wrote haha.

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Sage_Advice420 t1_iuxl2ab wrote

"all the stimulus" is all I needed to see. A 1400 check 2 years ago didn't do shit, my dude.

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mosaic_hops t1_iuxlsq1 wrote

You’re talking about the stimulus checks? You do realize a lot more than that went on, right? Those checks were just a tiny fraction of the money recklessly dumped into the economy.

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Sage_Advice420 t1_iuxxt5o wrote

I'm gonna guess you watch exclusively conservative media

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mosaic_hops t1_iuyinl7 wrote

Sir I’ve been called many things, but never conservative.

Why would I be bashing the Trump admin’s handling of COVID stimulus and fiscal policies in general that poured gasoline on the economy for short term political gain at the expense of long term growth and greatly increased chances of triggering a recession if I were a brainwashed conservative? You do realize this whole thing was set in motion before Biden even took office? And that being critical of what’s happening doesn’t necessarily make me political? The Biden admin was left with a shit sandwich. But it needs to eat it, not keep kicking it down the line.

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