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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Perry Rose on April 10, 2021, 08:45:47 AM
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Home Depot here has 1/2 inch plywood sheathing for $50.00 for a 4 x 8 sheet. About a double in price.
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Home Depot here has 1/2 inch plywood sheathing for $50.00 for a 4 x 8 sheet. About a double in price.
Welcome to the "New America."
Buckle up.
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But, the government says there is no inflation to worry about! I guess getting a stimulus check means that inflation will be stimulated. The Fed continues to print cash, with nothing to back it up, and for some reason(s), the politicians see no harm in this devaluation of money.
If you or I printed cash, it is counterfeiting and we go to jail. But the government can print as much as they want and all is good.
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All the plywood is going to Riot Central in Portland, Seattle and Minneapolis.
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All the plywood is going to Riot Central in Portland, Seattle and Minneapolis.
y1
Bad things can happen at almost any time at any place. It takes a special kind of stupid to nurture and prolong the pain!
R%%%%
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But, the government says there is no inflation to worry about! I guess getting a stimulus check means that inflation will be stimulated. The Fed continues to print cash, with nothing to back it up, and for some reason(s), the politicians see no harm in this devaluation of money.
If you or I printed cash, it is counterfeiting and we go to jail. But the government can print as much as they want and all is good.
Some inflation can be good if the Fed raises interest rates to slow it down. I know this raises to cost of borrowing money however I don't have any loans and depend on CDs for income. High interest rates are a good thing for me. That's hard truth, there are always winners and loosers when the government gets involved.
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y1
Bad things can happen at almost any time at any place. It takes a special kind of stupid to nurture and prolong the pain!
R%%%%
Typical liberal comment. Trying to shame the rest of us into silence if we don't agree. Hope you are enjoying high gas prices. It's just a start as the Biden insanity kicks in. :'(
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Typical liberal comment. Trying to shame the rest of us into silence if we don't agree. Hope you are enjoying high gas prices. It's just a start as the Biden insanity kicks in. :'(
John, I'm about as UN-liberal as you can get - from my days in Young Republicans and as a Barry Goldwater campaigner. I was referring to Steve Lotz's remark "All the plywood is going to Riot Central in Portland, Seattle and Minneapolis."
I spent many years in Minneapolis and suburbs, have many family & friends there, and it pains me to watch destruction actually encouraged by elected officials. That is the stupidity I referred to. Were in authority, the riots would have lasted about 10 minutes.
And with many years of accounting and tax behind me, I understand the pain of watching years of hard work and savings yield almost nothing when interest rates are near zip.
Dennis
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Some inflation can be good if the Fed raises interest rates to slow it down. I know this raises to cost of borrowing money however I don't have any loans and depend on CDs for income. High interest rates are a good thing for me. That's hard truth, there are always winners and loosers when the government gets involved.
Yes, at times, higher interest rates can help, especially for those who are savers. Right now, interest rates are barely above zero. No way to keep up with inflation with such low returns. I heard that some banks in Europe are charging a fee (negative interest rate) to hold a depositor's money. Negative interest rates might happen here as well. In that case it is better to keep your cash in a mattress or in a shoe box on the closet shelf.
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Some inflation can be good if the Fed raises interest rates to slow it down. I know this raises to cost of borrowing money however I don't have any loans and depend on CDs for income. High interest rates are a good thing for me. That's hard truth, there are always winners and loosers when the government gets involved.
If you put the government in charge of the desert within a month we will be out of sand.
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y1
Bad things can happen at almost any time at any place. It takes a special kind of stupid to nurture and prolong the pain!
R%%%%
And yes, our Minnesota Governor and especially mayor Frey of Minneapolis are doing everything they can to fuel the liberal fires with no sign of letting up. These two yahoos calling the shots literally makes me sick to my stomach, purveyors of nothing but indescribable asinine stupidity.
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Typical liberal comment.
Definitely not Dennis' intent John, you somehow took his comment incorrectly. Most likely his comment has a lot to do with my comment in Reply #10, just above.
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If you put the government in charge of the desert within a month we will be out of sand.
Sparky, it's really sad that you pretty much nail it. I could write a book on government bureaucracy screw-ups - and that would be just on my own experience, in the last year or two. Imagine if we all combine stories!
OK, #1: I recently messaged USPS asking what labels I'd need to ship LiPo batteries, and what shipping methods could be used. I got a reply thanking me for asking about Flat Rate Priority mail. R%%%%
OK, #2: My son - who will be 18 in a few weeks - finally got his Drivers License! He applied for and received an instruction permit 2 years ago. Cost was $34.00. We scheduled the driving exam last summer and were told (a) his permit was invalid because he hadn't submitted a driving log, and (b) the application fee was refunded. Therefore he hadn't been driving on an instruction permit for 6 months prior to the behind-the-wheel test as required.
Basic facts: (a) The instruction permit doesn't require a driving log; obviously it would be illegal for him to drive without the permit, and (b) we never received the refund. Oh, but just a few weeks ago we received a form letter asking if we had received the $5.25 refund. R%%%%
This is what happens when brainless governors appoint campaign staffers and such to highly-paid positions managing complex projects. Minnesota taxpayers shelled out well over 100 million dollars to produce a system that ... had to be abandoned. Five or six years of a mess, and a new team starts over.
Our Health & Human Services has also cost taxpayers well over 100 million dollars in the last few years by their failure to maintain even a basic, functioning system. Managers coming and going on an apparent revolving wheel, with NO explanation from our pinhead governor. R%%%%
Yup, government is surely the solution!
Dennis
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Yes, at times, higher interest rates can help, especially for those who are savers. Right now, interest rates are barely above zero. No way to keep up with inflation with such low returns. I heard that some banks in Europe are charging a fee (negative interest rate) to hold a depositor's money. Negative interest rates might happen here as well. In that case it is better to keep your cash in a mattress or in a shoe box on the closet shelf.
Jim, I believe reasonable inflation and reasonable interest rates are desirable too. Consider: as a society shouldn't we encourage home ownership and new business development? Seems reasonable that we're more likely to build or purchase a home, for example, if we are confident that the value is likely to appreciate.
Than again, I'm often wrong.
:)
Dennis
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I went to Hobby Towne for some clear dope shortly after posting. I should have stayed home. One quart of clear $30.00. One roll of Ultra Kote $20.00. "Shuckins" I said in the store, outside I went straight to the four letter words and several 12 letter ones. I may have to buy direct from Aircraft Spruce.
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I went to Hobby Towne for some clear dope shortly after posting. I should have stayed home. One quart of clear $30.00. One roll of Ultra Kote $20.00. "Shuckins" I said in the store, outside I went straight to the four letter words and several 12 letter ones. I may have to buy direct from Aircraft Spruce.
A quart of Brodak dope is $41.99 plus shipping! Aircraft Spruce is about half that plus shipping.
Don
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Be glad that you are not trying to get a building built.
Contractors scrambling and it's gonna have a ripple effect.
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Just more supply vs demand issue (cost of ply doubling/tripling). Same with ammunition or components to hand load, or most groceries.
In the case of ammunition....COVID/ANTIFA/BLM freaked out millions from lack of commodities and personal security POV. We added over 10 MILLION new gun owners in last 14 months, added to the normal number of shooters this is a very significant increase that the manufactures simply could not supply. Hyper inflation for almost all things to support the shooting public resulted.
On point, the cost of building supplies, a lot from Canada, closing the border for COVID significantly impacted the wood industries just as MILLIONS of Urbanites started fleeing to rural areas. Builders in my area have raised the $57 per square foot cost to $105~$145 locally due to this inflated prices. Secondary problem and a big one...NO LABOR will work for 2019 wages....the (COVID STIMULUS) $400+ added to WEEKLY unemployment checks has nearly every business in my small rural county begging for workers and having to raise wages to get the few that are wiling to actually work. Many only work the number of days to qualify for unemployment then get hurt/sick and can't work. They don't quit and then get state unemployment. They actually list on facebook how to do this and laugh about sitting at home drawing more than working...lack of personal ethics IMO
COVID shut states significantly impact the supply chains of nearly all commerce domestically and offshore. Companies can't get things at any price. Auto manufactures domestically are selling many vehicles without some features due to lack of computer chips as an example
Nearly all of this is a direct result of government failing to asses the REAL problems and properly responding.
RIOTS lasting weeks or months, Shuttering a significant amount of businesses deeply impacted the world. I have a hard time believing this is not intended......
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Be glad that you are not trying to get a building built.
Contractors scrambling and it's gonna have a ripple effect.
Point in fact: I just finished building my new shop, cost about 70% more than the estimate that was given last summer. Cost of materials, cost of skilled labor,....all rising dramatically.
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Point in fact:. Cost of skilled labor rising dramatically.
Not a bad thing. ;D Hopefully once the borders open and we get back to some semblance of normalcy lumber prices will come back down.
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Corporations are paying lumber corporations to not harvest lumber so as to offset their corporation's carbon footprint. So, less lumber cut for use as lumber, different way to profit for the lumber corporation, big corporations get to say they are offsetting their carbon footprint... so Greta Thunberg is happy!
Chris...