Is a shift to a wartime economy coming?

[ma96782]

My "retirement funds" need a boost. So, should I be buying stock in......

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Aloha, Mark

 

[Cavedweller]

Hiring more workers, increasing capacity, but only if they get a long-term return. There's a clue:

Now That the Whole World Knows We're Low on Ammunition, Frantic Effort to Re-Arm Commences

redstate.com

 

[gmerkt]

The US is in the process of revamping its economy and trade entirely

Well, at least on the surface, this concept seems to be in direct conflict with the current "free stuff era." Of course it's always possible that the immigration flood will fill the labor gap. But how long before the new arrivals get the word about free stuff?

I've never seen so many "now hiring" signs in business windows. The local school district can't find enough bus drivers at $32 an hour. It might be that split shift thing. I went up to the asst. manager at our local Fred Meyer store to ask her a question, and before I could get a word out, she said, "Are you looking for a job?" At age 73, I said I'd pass but on the other hand, I see plenty of elders working at Walmart and Home Depot. And younger but broken-down and spazzed-out types you'd never think stood a chance of getting hired a few years ago.

 

[Cavedweller]

Well, at least on the surface, this concept seems to be in direct conflict with the current "free stuff era." Of course it's always possible that the immigration flood will fill the labor gap. But how long before the new arrivals get the word about free stuff?

I've never seen so many "now hiring" signs in business windows. The local school district can't find enough bus drivers at $32 an hour. It might be that split shift thing. I went up to the asst. manager at our local Fred Meyer store to ask her a question, and before I could get a word out, she said, "Are you looking for a job?" At age 73, I said I'd pass but on the other hand, I see plenty of elders working at Walmart and Home Depot. And younger but broken-down and spazzed-out types you'd never think stood a chance of getting hired a few years ago.

Everyone is having trouble finding workers. I hear it all the time. So where will these new defense industry workers come from?

 

[gmerkt]

So where will these new defense industry workers come from?

My guess, many will come from elsewhere in the Americas, Africa and southwest Asia.

 

[arakboss]

I doubt we will return to a war time economy unless WW3 breaks out. We spent trillions in Afghanistan and Iraq and we didn't experience a war time economy.

 

[Hueco]

Everyone is having trouble finding workers. I hear it all the time. So where will these new defense industry workers come from?

"Ghost jobs"

 

[arakboss]

Everyone is having trouble finding workers. I hear it all the time. So where will these new defense industry workers come from?

AI will handle it.

 

[Jay Walk]

Everyone is having trouble finding workers. I hear it all the time. So where will these new defense industry workers come from?

They are going to use the extras from the I-5 crossing and when Portland's world record breaking freak show wraps up, those Dudes will jump in and help.

 

[Hueco]

AI will handle it.

I can't wait for AI to be worth something. Having seen what all the blablaGPT products are capable of…big ol' "meh" from me.

 

[Camelfilter]

I can't wait for AI to be worth something. Having seen what all the blablaGPT products are capable of…big ol' "meh" from me.

It's a ruse. Don't fall for it!

"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."

― Lao Tzu

 

[SUPER X]

STOCK UP ON PRIMERS GENTLEMEN

 

[arakboss]

If you were thinking about getting mine clearing equipment, you might want to get it soon

 

[whiskeybill]

STOCK UP ON PRIMERS GENTLEMEN

Been doing that since the Clinton regime. Fool me once....

 

[OldBroad44]

It's a ruse. Don't fall for it!

"There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent."

― Lao Tzu

That is a very famous quote from The Art of War by Sun Tzu, not from Tao Te Ching, often credited to Lao Tzu. Both are ancient Chinese works of wisdom and philosophy that date from roughly 500 BCE and 300-500 BCE respectively.

 

[Mono1]

My "retirement funds" need a boost. So, should I be buying stock in......

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Aloha, Mark

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