Posted on 12/29/2022 11:05:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Joe Biden loves to tout all of his “accomplishments” on the rare occasions that he addresses the public and the even less frequent instances where he takes questions from the press. One of his favorite themes is to talk about lower unemployment rates and all of the jobs that have been created. In reality, that was simply an effect of the end of the pandemic lockdowns and the reopening of the country, but it’s hard to blame him for looking for some good news to point to in the midst of all of the crises currently gripping the nation. There is one area of endeavor, however, that has truly seen significant growth during Biden’s tenure and America may well see a new record being set. That would the the “business” of automobile theft and carjacking. As the Washington Times reported yesterday, we are on track to record the largest number of vehicle thefts in a single year that we’ve ever seen.
The number of cars stolen in the U.S. in 2022 is expected to surpass 1 million for the first time, shattering previous records and leaving law enforcement struggling to keep up.
Through the first nine months of 2022 more than 745,000 vehicles were stolen across the country, according to data from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. That’s the highest number of cars stolen during the first nine months since 2008 and a 24% increase over pre-pandemic levels, the NICB said.
They estimated that the value of the stolen vehicles this year exceeds $6.6 billion.
$6.6 billion worth of cars being stolen in one year is a truly eye-popping figure. Less frequently reported is the number of people who are injured or in some cases even killed during carjackings. Some of these incidents may simply be cases of “joyriding,” but the vast majority can be attributed to organized gang activity and the black market sales of stolen vehicles.
Few cities have been plagued by vehicular theft and carjackings more than Chicago. While it’s true that the number of thefts is down slightly from the peak seen in 2021, this has still been a banner year for the thieves. The Chicago Police clearance rates for auto theft have been abysmally low, with many cases never being actively investigated. (Most of the cops are too busy dealing with the Windy City’s skyrocketing number of shootings and murders.) And since carjacking isn’t considered a violent crime unless the driver is physically injured, most of the thieves are fearless because they know they will be immediately put back out on the streets without needing to post bail if they are arrested.
Philadelphia isn’t far behind Chicago in terms of record-setting automobile thefts. Police have noticed one disturbing trend in that city. The number of carjackings taking place at gas stations has more than quadrupled over the previous year. Gas stations tend to be brightly lit with plenty of people around at most hours, so the gangs have clearly grown increasingly brazen if they are just randomly dragging people out of their cars when they pull up to the pump and driving away. Why they want to steal cars that are almost certainly low on gas remains a mystery.
In any event, since we’re celebrating all of Joe Biden’s “accomplishments” during his first two years in office, we might as well add this statistic to the list. Crime all across the country is simply out of control. I will never understand why more Republicans didn’t make this their top issue during the midterm campaigns. The ones who did mostly overperformed across the board.
The Party of (too) Stupid (to do anything about it) isn’t very good at competing with the Party of Evil.
if they are just randomly dragging people out of their cars when they pull up to the pump and driving away.
= = =
How many are dragged out of their EVs at a charging station?
None, you say?
Why is that?
Top industries in Biden’s America...
1. Homelessness
2. Drug addicts
3. Illegal invaders
4. Stolen cars and carjackings
5. Murder
6. Sending money to Ukraine to cycle back to Dems and defense contractors
Don't be fooled folks. They want this.
And covid shot kickbacks to / from big pharma
The mortuary industry is booming too! Numbers are up significantly. US Medicine has no idea why.
Window bars.
A friend of ours, in a border town, said it’s almost impossible to get bars installed on their windows, right now.
During Trump...everyone took their bars off.
Now, they’re scrambling to get them re-installed.
Thanks, Brandon.
Dems ... party of Death and Destruction™
Crime
Election Reform
School Choice
Things people actually care about are tee'd up for the GOP. The GOP does not care. They aren't in the business of holding political power.
On average 80 vehicles per DAY are stolen.
If you were running a business and could increase the head count of your business year after year with out regard for need
If you were running a business and could increase your revenues (taxes) year after year with out showing any new products to support it
It would be called government. The greatest capitalist pig there is.
Not surprising. But there’s another “industry” that’s flourishing...disability lawyers.
Repossessions are surging and it will likely become worse in the coming months. More people are also dropping their cars off at banks because they cannot make the payments.
People are behind on rents. Businesses are behind on rents.
More “essential” bills like utilities and transportation cost are being put on credit cards and people are behind on those too.
I don’t want the economy to tank, but our fundamentals have never been worse largely because of public and private debt and government is NOT curtailing spending = higher taxes.
Wages and employment are stagnant (despite what that economic guru Joy Reid says), the stock market is poop, and we have an administration/government hellbent on making inflation worse to promote energy solutions that don’t work.
I am sure I am missing a few big ones, but even if we can turn this ship around (doubtful) it will take a long time to dig out of this mess and the state pensions/unfunded entitlements are still on the horizon.
10% for the Big Guy!
6. Sending money to Ukraine to cycle back to Dems and defense contractors
6. Sending money to Ukraine to cycle back to Democrat campaigns via ‘non-profits’ and family trusts and kid’s jobs) and defense contractors.
Sorry, had to fix number 6.
All the left ever really cares about is enriching themselves as they make everyone else poorer. It shows in everything they do.
My mom’s KIA was stolen a couple hours ago.
No Worries.
These carjackers are just part of a huge growth industry. Under the Obama / Biden Regime, new and exciting job classifications are growing like weeds. All of the muggers, looters and carjackers are classified under:
Wealth Redistribution Specialists
They are probably working under a Community Organizer.
The Obama / Biden Trickle Up Economic Plan. Visiting a democRAT city near you soon!
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