Posted on 10/02/2021 7:03:04 AM PDT by Black Conservative Voice
“It’s a war on small business, the large companies companies like Home Depot, Walmart, etc. have secured full ocean vessels for their product due to the lack of capacity. This capacity crunch raises $$ to levels we have never seen before. Small bus. Pay more & cannot secure space”
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I cannot disagree with this. The destruction of the Kulak class continues.
The environmentalists consider the offshoring of US manufacturing a major victory. Trump had no real success when he called for this. Even if Biden wanted to do it, Democrats would not dare offend the Green constituency - who are already close to forming their own party.
The ways in which a guy can sit on his ass and get by have increased. The constant drop in the percentage of men in the workforce has had its toll. The safety nets have become strangulation devices.
If normal, job switching, unemployment is three percent and crisis unemployment is eight percent a drop in the employed workforce of two percent brings us forty percent of the way to crisis conditions without a hiccup.
When I was a young man, you married your sweetheart. That was what MEN did and what boy didn’t want to be a man. Now, husbands are unnecessary, out of fashion and not-trending. If you were a husband — you worked. Now, not so much.
We have always shipped air freight. It costs more, but we get what we need - almost right away. Many of our competitors have their goods stuck on those ships and we are getting their customers.
Of course, our products are not too heavy - if you are shipping furniture or mechanical parts you may have no choice.
Ocean freight is definitely cheaper - even at today's high container rates - but unless you are a big player with the ability to manage the longer supply chain lead times it's safer for a small business to just pay more for air shipment.
It really hacks me off that the Dems are selling "strengthen the social safety net" as a key feature of the bill. For the reasons you stated, this is exactly what is killing the country. Of course, 95% of what Congress does is harmful to the country.
The telling chart below is from "Federal Safety Net." It could use another curve showing USA Competitiveness. The chart also illustrates that the FedGov will always define "poverty" as anybody below 30% to 40% of average income.
What a mess he’s created...Trump tried to keep everything moving. Dems are making EVERYTHING stop.
When you’re right, you’re right. Feminism has destroyed women and the american family. The only people happy about this are the fat angry lesbos and man-eater type women looking for the next sugar daddy to suck the life out of and his bank account dry
I am really perplexed as to why this situation has happened...
and the interstates are FULL of semi trucks. I don’t understand.
Its no coincidence that Commifornia has a Communist running the place facilitating the ChiComs in their plans.
"Just take the ****ed red pill, ******s!"
My $200 order of daffodils from Holland are on one of those ships. Once it docks has to go through customs. It could be mid November before I get them. Hope Autumn can hold on so I can plant them.
Our government won’t act and America will be damaged. It’s almost like our enemies are in charge, isn’t it?
Yep. This is intentional.
There is a reason the citizens of Rome basically let Rome burn....
So true.
That is amazing, just in the sheer numbers. Forgive me, but I don’t understand the color charting.
Janet, you are a godsend for linking to Rumble. I’m not a twitterer, but usually can see them, and then the whole format gives me a headache.
“The military could clear out all of those backlogs across all American ports in a few weeks, or at least the pre-Biden military could. “
Yet another Soviet America milestone. Remember when the Red Army used to cease operation each year to go participate in the wheat harvest? Using the military to staff hospitals, drive trucks, work as longshoremen, etc... a bad omen.
International consumer shipments have been bizarre in the past year—that is for sure.
There seem to be so many potential points of failure—our complex interdependent world has built in fragility.
The guy who writes excellent stuff on this “big picture” problem is Charles Hughes Smith:
https://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html
Charles Hughes Smith on the topic we are discussing here:
https://www.oftwominds.com/blogsept21/back-order9-21.html
10-4 Rubber Duck; we got us a convoy…..
I know this much - something’s fishy here... this might highlight part of what’s wrong but it’s not the whole story. Thanks for posting this Black Conservative... every puzzle piece helps.
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