Nah, because it's actually getting better as wages are outpacing inflation. There was just a lot of rain and it's going to take a long ass time to dry.

Wages are outpacing inflation, there's just a lot of catching up to do.

https://www.epi.org/blog/average-wages-have-surpassed-inflation-for-12-straight-months/

I can't think a single reasonable metric that wouldn't net at least a couple of us cities among the top 20. In fact the only metric that I can come up with is "not in America because of my irrational hate for it ."

This so what I was trying to argue elsewhere: people keep saying it made the POTUS a king, but if I were POTUS and wanted to do something questionable, I know who I would be running it by first.

First time I downvoted you in this thread because ..

If there is no punishment for getting someone killed, then why would anyone give a shit at their job that involves safety?

I explicitly covered this by saying noone is going to think "well, I'll just be careless and bank on cops or prosecutors screwing up the case" so the deterrence factor is still there. Well, if there is someone that dumb, I doubt any deterrence is going to stop them.

At what point do you think people should be held accountable for their actions?

My view is very pragmatic: I believe punishments for crimes should be restorative, for rehabilitation, or act as a deterrent. I don't see how any of these are met by her going to jail for 18 months.

I've answered your question, so I'll try mine again: Is it simply about "being held accountable"?

Negligence and accidental are not mutually exclusive. Unless youre arguing that she intentionally had this person killed, my point still stands.

The case was dismissed because of misconduct by the police and prosecutors. It has nothing to do with being charged, he was charged. She's saying the same thing happened in her case, so if his case was dismissed so should her conviction. So yeah, if the same misconduct happened, then it should obviously be overturned too.

And make no mistake about it, if you accidentally caused the death of someone, you would be looking for every opportunity to have the case dismissed too.

Timezones and hemispheres are different things.

Every time I've read someone shitting on America, and then they mention something like not being American, if you ask where, the question is always avoided.

What's the ultimate goal? If it's purely punitive, then sure.

But if the goal is anything other than that, I don't see the point. It's not any rehabilitation she needs would come in prison. It's not like anyone who look at this and say "well, I can be careless and just bank on the cops fucking up," so the deterrence is already there. And I can think of hundreds of better ways she can make it up to the victims.

So is that it? Is it really just about "facing the consequences?"

That's an incentive to hire everyone in one hemisphere, unless we're talking about a world wide company that needs people in multiple times zones.