You're 100% correct.
I work in traffic data collection and processing. I've been doing this for over 20 years. What I've noticed is that there is a direct correlation between traffic volume and condition of the economy. Makes perfect sense, right? A prime example is 2008. When that recession hit, traffic volumes went down. People stopped taking vacations, stopped driving to the store, etc. because money was tight. Trucking companies couldn't handle the increased fuel prices so many of them folded and the ones that survived cut down on miles. Economy goes sour = less miles traveled. Well, this time around it's the opposite. The economy is terrible, goods and services are up 90%, interest rates have tripled, fuel is super expensive, and yet what I'm seeing is MORE traffic on roads. Direct opposite of how things have been always in the past.
My theory is that after the blue party stole 3 years of peoples' lives from them, when the public was allowed to resume life again they were ready to do all the things they had planned to do. Build a house, start a business, buy a vehicle, go on vacation, etc. People view this as time to make up for those 3 years they'll never get back, and the condition of the economy won't deter them.
Now, in the end this will be a major problem because debt is reaching levels we've never seen before. But in the short term nobody cares what interest rates are or how much something costs, they just want to return to living life.
I realize the original thread may have been shut down due to political chatter, but you really can't discuss this topic without it. This entire mess was created by shutting down the economy, which is something no government should EVER do, and there was one party leading that charge. It is what it is. And now we all suffer for it, with the worst yet to come.
