AIUI the used car sales spike is caused mostly by people in cities not wanting to use public transport during the pandemic. It’s one of many related changes, such as working from home patterns, that we don’t know whether it will, or how long it might take, to unwind.
It's not just commuter shitboxes though. Everything is going to the moon. E46s are the new E36s and Mk.4 Escorts are the new Mk.3 Escorts.
I bought a 997 Targa off eBay at the start of the year, fixed a few interior bits, had it valeted, waited 3 months and sold it on FB for 12 grand more than I paid for it.
AIUI the used car sales spike is caused mostly by people in cities not wanting to use public transport during the pandemic. It’s one of many related changes, such as working from home patterns, that we don’t know whether it will, or how long it might take, to unwind.
It's not just commuter shitboxes though. Everything is going to the moon. E46s are the new E36s and Mk.4 Escorts are the new Mk.3 Escorts.
I bought a 997 Targa off eBay at the start of the year, fixed a few interior bits, had it valeted, waited 3 months and sold it on FB for 12 grand more than I paid for it.
People who have saved money during the lockdown are spending it on stuff, meanwhile the government is replacing the lost income for the individuals and businesses who would have been employed by the money that would have been spent on eating out, drinking, entertainment and travel. That is leading directly to inflation, made worse in the US because lots of people have been given the stimulus payments who didn’t need them.
I don't think it's a very good idea for prosecutions to get political. Hunting people in the courts because they are your political opponents is a Very Bad Thing.
On the other hand, it does look like the Trump Organization has played fast and loose, and may well have broken a great number of laws. (Declaring different values for buildings between the tax authority and your mortgage lender is a dangerous game: you're either committing tax fraud or mail fraud.)
Not prosecuting crimes because the alleged perpetrator is a very important person is also a Very Bad Thing. The publicity seeking tendencies of the US prosecutorial system is perhaps more the problem ?
Having elected and activist prosecutors and judges is the issue.
The NY Attourney General is an elected Democrat politician, as opposed to the civil servant she would be in the UK.
You sure about that? AIUI the Attorney General in UK is a member of the Cabinet. Current one is on maternity leave IIRC.
The NY State AG is directly elected to that position.
The UK has an AG for the whole country, appointed by the PM, but the role of investigating and prosecuting would be for the police and DPP in the UK, rather than the AG.
Ah, I see. Somewhat different roles. Much obliged.
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One thing we need at 5.00 pm. Hard facts on projected hospitalisation rates if people in remaining unvaccinated groups fail to take the vaccine. We need actual figures, not abstractions about "pressure on the NHS".