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This WILL NOT be a thread to start blaming anyone in particular (political wise)... your thread will be deleted if you do.
Regardless of who's fault it may be, I am beginning to get really concerned about our economy. How much longer can we last?
Everywhere... and I mean EVERYWHERE there are signs up in businesses and many other places "NOW HIRING", "HELP WANTED"... and other business owners I know telling me they can't get help... people don't want to work. They are making more sitting at home than they would if they went back to work (I thought it had ended, but apparently not in some places).
So we have one of the worst backlogs in port containers than we've ever had... and a shortage a truckers willing to go into California on top of that.
New York (CNN Business)Approximately 200,000 shipping containers remain on ships off the coast of Los Angeles on Monday as pandemic-related gridlock continues to disrupt various supply chains, according to Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.
"We have about two weeks' worth of work sitting at anchor right now," Seroka said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper. His port is trying to unload and then prioritize the cargo that needs to move off the port as quickly as possible.
"There's product that needs to get out there in super-fast speed," he said. "Think about the toys, the other Christmas product, and parts and components for factories.
Biden alone can't end the supply chain crisis
The port has made some progress moving containers off the docks since President Joe Biden announced at a White House supply chain summit last week that the port would move to a 24/7 operating schedule. The port is the nation's largest in terms of container volume.
Granted some ports are not this bad, but they are still behind. We have guns sitting at the ports and can't get them due to a lack of crane workers and truck drivers.
I've never ever in my life... and know of no one alive, nor can I find anything that resembles what I'm seeing on the car dealer lots right now. No new vehicles... and unbelievably high prices on used vehicles. I can get more for my used truck than i paid for it. Not only are their computer chip shortages, but there are wiring harness shortages... and other parts as well.
And gasoline... it just keeps going up and up and up.
Restaurant owners tell me meat has gotten ridiculous... from $8-9lb for CAB steak to $15-18lb. Chicken wings of all things... from $40 a crate to $125 a crate... triple the price a year ago... some are higher than this. Groceries in general are getting crazy high.
Our guns are plentiful right now, but we did go thru some rough months... and certain ammo is still very very slim... hunting ammo for the most part. Since COVID started... we have received as many as 3 prices increases from some manufacturers on firearms... and as many as 4 price increases on ammo... and more expected as parts get harder to source, on top of parts prices continuing to go up due to steel and plastic going up.
I'm just scratching the surface here... it runs much deeper than this for sure.
I'm really beginning to wonder how much longer our economy can withstand it all.
Regardless of who's fault it may be, I am beginning to get really concerned about our economy. How much longer can we last?
Everywhere... and I mean EVERYWHERE there are signs up in businesses and many other places "NOW HIRING", "HELP WANTED"... and other business owners I know telling me they can't get help... people don't want to work. They are making more sitting at home than they would if they went back to work (I thought it had ended, but apparently not in some places).
So we have one of the worst backlogs in port containers than we've ever had... and a shortage a truckers willing to go into California on top of that.
New York (CNN Business)Approximately 200,000 shipping containers remain on ships off the coast of Los Angeles on Monday as pandemic-related gridlock continues to disrupt various supply chains, according to Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.
"We have about two weeks' worth of work sitting at anchor right now," Seroka said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper. His port is trying to unload and then prioritize the cargo that needs to move off the port as quickly as possible.
"There's product that needs to get out there in super-fast speed," he said. "Think about the toys, the other Christmas product, and parts and components for factories.
Biden alone can't end the supply chain crisis
The port has made some progress moving containers off the docks since President Joe Biden announced at a White House supply chain summit last week that the port would move to a 24/7 operating schedule. The port is the nation's largest in terms of container volume.
Granted some ports are not this bad, but they are still behind. We have guns sitting at the ports and can't get them due to a lack of crane workers and truck drivers.
I've never ever in my life... and know of no one alive, nor can I find anything that resembles what I'm seeing on the car dealer lots right now. No new vehicles... and unbelievably high prices on used vehicles. I can get more for my used truck than i paid for it. Not only are their computer chip shortages, but there are wiring harness shortages... and other parts as well.
And gasoline... it just keeps going up and up and up.
Restaurant owners tell me meat has gotten ridiculous... from $8-9lb for CAB steak to $15-18lb. Chicken wings of all things... from $40 a crate to $125 a crate... triple the price a year ago... some are higher than this. Groceries in general are getting crazy high.
Our guns are plentiful right now, but we did go thru some rough months... and certain ammo is still very very slim... hunting ammo for the most part. Since COVID started... we have received as many as 3 prices increases from some manufacturers on firearms... and as many as 4 price increases on ammo... and more expected as parts get harder to source, on top of parts prices continuing to go up due to steel and plastic going up.
I'm just scratching the surface here... it runs much deeper than this for sure.
I'm really beginning to wonder how much longer our economy can withstand it all.