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    Feeding the Racket, Starving the Racket .The Global Ponzi Scheme .

    Max and Stacy look at companies starting to protect their balance sheets from the melting ice cube of excessive money printing.............

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    My prediction for the year is 20% inflation.

    We are actually getting rid of mostly larger customers where margins are poor. Why? We cannot get workers. We had to change the operating model. Our price increases for the year are already about 10% and we are only quoting out 3 months. Some of our suppliers are now just telling us to call them for a price when we need something. That is forcing us to double raw material inventory and tighten up on late paying accounts.
    It is starting to feel more like 2009. But this is caused by government this time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    My prediction for the year is 20% inflation. We are actually getting rid of mostly larger customers where margins are poor. Why? We cannot get workers. We had to change the operating model. Our price increases for the year are already about 10% and we are only quoting out 3 months. Some of our suppliers are now just telling us to call them for a price when we need something. That is forcing us to double raw material inventory and tighten up on late paying accounts. It is starting to feel more like 2009. But this is caused by government this time.
    Ive noticed cost of living price rises here also , but not to that degree yet . The fiat currency is becoming the driver of it . My own prices will rise by 10% in the new financial year (but they're long overdue anyway ) . When commodities go up , manufacturers have no choice but to follow suit . Depends on what you make , I guess . I will accept bitcoin payment gladly.
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    I guess I should correct my statement.

    Government also caused the Housing Bubble that crashed the economy in 2009.

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    CA Minimum Wage went up another dollar this year heading for $15.00 in 2023. Another burden for the struggling small business as we try and recover.

    And it won't be long before Inflation eats that up and a lot more.

    Gas is already well over $4.00 a gallon here. In part because we have to have a special formula nobody else makes so we are in constant short supply and any problems knocks the price up!

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    I guess I should correct my statement. Government also caused the Housing Bubble that crashed the economy in 2009.
    It was the fed and the banks......not the government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    CA Minimum Wage went up another dollar this year heading for $15.00 in 2023. Another burden for the struggling small business as we try and recover.

    And it won't be long before Inflation eats that up and a lot more.

    Gas is already well over $4.00 a gallon here. In part because we have to have a special formula nobody else makes so we are in constant short supply and any problems knocks the price up!
    It does seem like the Blue states are using lockdowns to destroy small business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    It does seem like the Blue states are using lockdowns to destroy small business.
    The deepstate has levers in blue and red states . Things are not as they seem . The deepstate are only concerned about their own agenda , regardless of any damage suffered by small business . They can use the blue states in one way and the red states in another way.
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