Supply Chain issues

[OldBroad44]

Wait for the "every American citizen must get a job" mandate...lol.

So who is going to take care of the kids if every citizen is required to have a job outside the home? It takes more than a low paid job to cover the cost of child care. In most cases, more than two low end jobs. And few families these days live close enough to relatives so that they can help.

Many people would rather raise their own kids than to pay someone else to do it if they have that option. Your mandate would make it illegal for parents to raise their own children, even when one parent has a good enough job so the other could stay home.

In addition, 10% of the US population has an IQ of 83 or lower. The US Army has made it illegal to induct anyone 83 or lower, as its been found that there is nothing they can be taught that makes them more valuable than the problems and liabilities they cause. And the Army worked very hard to get a different answer. (See "McNamara's Morons" during the Vietnam era. A tragic episode.)

An added serious fraction of the population has other mental disorders of various kinds. These people used to be institutionalized. Then meds came along and greatly helped such people at least temporarily. However meds need to be carefully monitored and altered as appropriate. Now these people are dumped on the streets where they fail to take their meds or report for medical monitoring, revert to craziness, and usually become homeless.

Then there are all the alcoholics and drug addicts. They could mostly probably do a job if forceably cleaned up, then imprisoned and monitored so carefully they couldn't get access to drugs/alcohol. Few jobs can be done from prison. And the average cost of federal incarceration is more than $36,000/year. And this does not provide enough security to eliminate drugs. So these people are mostly on the street too, adding to the homeless population and not being capable of holding a job.

Then there's plenty of genuinely physically disabled people. people who are blind, deaf, missing limbs, etc. If they are bright enough and have enough home and public support, they may be able to get appropriate training that lets them get a job designed around their limitations.. But if not, they may only be qualified for jobs that require being physically able.

I don't think an "every citizen must get a job mandate" is a solution.

 

[Diamondback]

So who is going to take care of the kids if every citizen is required to have a job outside the home? It takes more than a low paid job to cover the cost of child care. In most cases, more than two low end jobs. And few families these days live close enough to relatives so that they can help.

I don't think an "every citizen must get a job mandate" is a solution.

Middle case idea... perhaps for cases that are public charges NOT through disability, require a certain number of hours of community service picking up trash off roadsides or in parks, or building a house with Habitat for Humanity, or something similar where they're actually going out and doing something to make recompense for what they receive.

This would also be helped immensely if we pivoted to a tax model along the lines of "your first up to double Federal poverty level is tax free, all income above that regardless of source is taxed at a flat no-deductions 10%, and a national sales tax of 5%." Granted, tax accountants would need new work...

 

[sithc]

The director of one of the largest ports in the US warns the shipping industry is in 'crisis mode' as 66 cargo ships float off the California shore

The director of one of the largest ports in the US warns the shipping industry is in 'crisis mode' as 66 cargo ships float off the California shore

A historic backlog of cargo ships stuck off the California coast has spurred shortages and price hikes across the country.

www.google.com

 

[arakboss]

nevermind paywall for most people. Story said Chinas power crunch is causing big problems over there.

 

[Ura-Ki]

The supply chain is broken on so many levels, it's only going to get worse, and having largely been built on top of a house of cards, it's already collapsing I'm on it's self!
Abusing truck drivers with long hours, limiting the miles able to be driven per 24 hours, just in time deliveries, forced dispatch, forced extended on the road away from home time, and pay that has failed to keep pace, by at least 20 years, you got the fire started. Add the cost of fuel per mile, the cost of the lower miles allowed per 24 hour period, shippers who will not take shipments outside a very strict appointment schedule, and the serious abuses of those drivers, now the fire is stocked. Abuse the port/terminal workers with longer hours, vax requirements, extended work shifts against a back log of stacked freight that isn't moving through the terminals and out ether onto the trucks, or onto the rails, and back, and now you add fuel to this fire. Abuse those mariners who were all forgotten during the Covid lockdowns, abandoned at sea with no ability to get off their ship to change crews or seek medical care, many quit and walked off when the ships were finally allowed to dock, while the rest were kept in vertical limbo! Add more fuel to this fire and keep stocking. Look at the wearhouse situation, no one to deliver freight in or out, and at the consumer end, empty shelves, now we're in real trouble, we got ourselves an inferno! All because we took such draconian measures for Covid, and now it's all broken! All those millions of jobs are now idle with no one willing or able, and add in the vax mandates, there is no putting this fire out!

Costco hired 3 container ships and all the conex containers they could, but with no dock space available, and no one to load or unload, let alone move it through the terminals out to the wearhouses, and the emptys back to the yard and back aboard ship to return to point of origin, Costco screwed it's self, combined with just in time shipping, it's ever worse, there is no back stock to fill the gaps, and no substitutes ether!

 

[USMC-03]

Revolutionary thinking not seen since Ayn Rand, seriously.

Who is John Galt?

 

[sobo]

Did you see the news that Dollar Tree stores are going to raise their prices above a dollar?

What are they gonna call themselves after that happens?

 

[sobo]

Firstly, I believe @Xaevian was joking about the "every American citizen must get a job" mandate, as he appended that line with "lol". I think what he was saying, and I agree, is that would be an impossibility, given the laziness and the "paid to not work" schemes that are abundant in America today.

Many people would rather raise their own kids than to pay someone else to do it if they have that option. Your mandate would make it illegal for parents to raise their own children, even when one parent has a good enough job so the other could stay home.

Now, referring to the emphasized text above, that is by design. It has been long known that the Socialist/Communist playbook states that the State must be the one to raise the children, not the parents. That way, the children are perfectly and completely indoctrinated to rely upon the State, and not themselves or anyone else (parents, siblings, family), for everything. Thus, giving even more power to the State. That is the State's ultimate goal...

 

[nwslopoke]

Have not been watching daily news for a while now. Not feeling any less uninformed. What fears have been proven true? How many teachers have caught the cool? How many kids have been hospitalized? Is it unjabbed citizens or none citizens illegally crossing causing the rise in cases? Are communities in the financial top 5% getting any refugees?

 

[Xaevian]

So who is going to take care of the kids if every citizen is required to have a job outside the home? It takes more than a low paid job to cover the cost of child care. In most cases, more than two low end jobs. And few families these days live close enough to relatives so that they can help.

Many people would rather raise their own kids than to pay someone else to do it if they have that option. Your mandate would make it illegal for parents to raise their own children, even when one parent has a good enough job so the other could stay home.

In addition, 10% of the US population has an IQ of 83 or lower. The US Army has made it illegal to induct anyone 83 or lower, as its been found that there is nothing they can be taught that makes them more valuable than the problems and liabilities they cause. And the Army worked very hard to get a different answer. (See "McNamara's Morons" during the Vietnam era. A tragic episode.)

An added serious fraction of the population has other mental disorders of various kinds. These people used to be institutionalized. Then meds came along and greatly helped such people at least temporarily. However meds need to be carefully monitored and altered as appropriate. Now these people are dumped on the streets where they fail to take their meds or report for medical monitoring, revert to craziness, and usually become homeless.

Then there are all the alcoholics and drug addicts. They could mostly probably do a job if forceably cleaned up, then imprisoned and monitored so carefully they couldn't get access to drugs/alcohol. Few jobs can be done from prison. And the average cost of federal incarceration is more than $36,000/year. And this does not provide enough security to eliminate drugs. So these people are mostly on the street too, adding to the homeless population and not being capable of holding a job.

Then there's plenty of genuinely physically disabled people. people who are blind, deaf, missing limbs, etc. If they are bright enough and have enough home and public support, they may be able to get appropriate training that lets them get a job designed around their limitations.. But if not, they may only be qualified for jobs that require being physically able.

I don't think an "every citizen must get a job mandate" is a solution.

It wouldn't be my solution. When the central authorities find they are not raising enough taxes because too many Americans are unemployed, do you think they will cut their reckless spending? I wouldn't put it past the power hungry clowns in charge to propose just such a mandate.

We have officially transformed to clown world.

 

[albin25]

With the supply of goods being disrupted more each passing day....
.... and, the supply of printed money continuing each day un-abated...
.... and the very real prospect of tax policies pushing prices up....

Does anyone (that doesn't have their staff shopping for them) really believe the official Government claim that annual inflation is at 5%.... ?

(I mean, other than those folks buying Sears stock at $157 ! )

 

[3MTA3]

In addition, 10% of the US population has an IQ of 83 or lower. The US Army has made it illegal to induct anyone 83 or lower, as its been found that there is nothing they can be taught that makes them more valuable than the problems and liabilities they cause. And the Army worked very hard to get a different answer. (See "McNamara's Morons" during the Vietnam era. A tragic episode.)

Explains why so few of our politicians have military service

 

[Certaindeaf]

I have a suspicion that if the internet went down, for like a year plus, a lot of societies problems would cease to be.

 

[Jay Walk]

With the supply of goods being disrupted more each passing day....
.... and, the supply of printed money continuing each day un-abated...
.... and the very real prospect of tax policies pushing prices up....

Does anyone (that doesn't have their staff shopping for them) really believe the official Government claim that annual inflation is at 5%.... ?

(I mean, other than those folks buying Sears stock at $157 ! )

Arm and hammer scent free laundry liquid is up 90% this year.
No, I do not believe the 5% claim.

 

[nammac]

Gasoline and beef alone are up more than 5%

 

[nwslopoke]

I have a suspicion that if the internet went down, for like a year plus, a lot of societies problems would cease to be.

I was among the last to get a cell phone. Not smart phone, but an actual cellphone. The thinking was for absolute emergencies. Now everything is an emergency.

The freeways no longer have call boxes and pay phones are reduced to movie plots (maybe I'm watching old movies). The internet is a blessing and a cures. I can book my own hotel rooms but the government watches me do it.

 

[3MTA3]

I was among the last to get a cell phone. Not smart phone, but an actual cellphone. The thinking was for absolute emergencies. Now everything is an emergency.

The freeways no longer have call boxes and pay phones are reduced to movie plots (maybe I'm watching old movies). The internet is a blessing and a cures. I can book my own hotel rooms but the government watches me do it.

Problem now is that the cell providers keep changing standards to force you into new devices. Just yesterday was contacted and told that the phones I bought (not rented or via payment plan) three years ago would not be supported on Jan 1 and I had to get new ones. I called. We had a chat, New replacement phones are on their way for free, no plan changes, or obligations.

 

[Tony617]

What are they gonna call themselves after that happens?

The $$$ Tree

 

[Gotyoursix]

I just had a really weird idea...

If the supply chain issues are because we don't have enough drivers/delivery folks and companies can't hire enough people to make/grow/package/add value to things then...

Ehh... I blame the company's. If the supply chain jobs were such good jobs, there wouldn't be personnel problems.
If the pay was decent/hours decent/competently managed/properly staffed.... wouldn't be a problem.

I have found that livable pay and competent management are in short supply in the transport industry. YMMV

 

[billdeserthills]

Gasoline and beef alone are up more than 5%

If Biden manages to pass his infrastructure bill the hidden taxes on pig & cow farts will make meat & dairy unaffordable for anybody but the rich