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Re: Parts shortage


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Posted by Bret4207 on November 18, 2021 at 05:36:48 from (207.42.20.149):

In Reply to: Parts shortage posted by Gary Mitchell on November 17, 2021 at 08:34:30:

Our businesses did this to themselves. Warehousing is expensive, it ties up capital, it requires a lot of guesswork on what will be needed and when and how much. "Just in time" delivery saves a lot of $$$ for them. OTOH, when more product is going out than coming in, you're going to run out eventually. So what do we do? Well, as George and others have pointed out, no one becomes a trucker, starter/alternator rebuilder, appliance repairman or engine rebuilder overnight. And the relatively few places we still have in the US making the basic components we need can't carry the load that has been outsourced over the past 30 years. Then there's the whole regulation/taxation end of things. They've pretty much killed mining here in the US. Doesn't matter what for, it's just not anything like it was. Same for logging, making metals, etc. Takes years to build some of these facilities and they all require basic stuff we don't produce here. Then there's the other end of that regulation/taxes thing- you can't hamstring any startup and expect them to succeed. Oh, and lets not forget stupid rules! I understand California won't allow owner-operator truckers to work in that state! Give me one good reason why anyone would pass a law like that that isn't a direct response to corporate/union payola! Then there's the whole finding workers end of it. Show me a percentage of the young people today that desire to do any of the work we need done. It's not what it was. Yeah, there are kids out there that weld, run a forklift, drive a truck or learn how to rebuild things- but it's not a big percentage. And even fewer will do the bend and lift and shovel routine. Why? Because they aren't hungry. One of the problems with creating a social safety net is that it can reach the point where it's just as , if not more, lucrative to sit home smoking pot all day and watching TV than it is to get up at 4:30AM and work an 8 or 12 or 14 hour day. And find out how many of those people are willing to work in the hot sun or cold wind and snow at all! Most want an inside job that's air conditioned or heated.

I could go on pointing out the obvious for hours, but I'm sure you get the point. Our nations chief health concern with our poor is obesity. That alone should tell you that we've allowed a really screwed up paradigm to flourish. No, I don't have an answer on how to fix it, but I do think it will fix itself. We are headed for a war, a civil war, and a major depression of 1930's proportion. That or a "communist" revolution. I use quotation marks because no one really wants communism except the people who intend to be in charge, because they won't bear the problems communism brings.


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