US Economy Soars, Car Owners Walk: Delinquencies Hit Record
While Newsweek highlights soaring auto loan delinquencies and impending record repossessions, it conveniently forgets to tally the cost of endless conflicts. Since 2001, the U.S. has poured over $8 trillion into post-9/11 wars (Brown University Costs of War Project, 2023). That's $8,000,000,000,000, funded by your taxes, while domestic needs like affordable infrastructure and stable employment
quietly disappear for millions of American families. One might wonder if the government's priorities—funding global military expeditions and perpetually re-stocking foreign arsenals—have any bearing on why citizens can't afford their basic transportation. Is it 'economic hardship' or just redirecting trillions away from the people whose cars are now getting towed?