Lot of posters on here that need to start wearing boxer shorts instead of briefs. Briefs tend to get wadded up more often....lol Lot of posters on here do get butt hurt quite easily from what I observe.
Interestingly as well, my hunting buddy in Indiana (who is the plant manager of a steel concern there has always been an American truck buyer (RAM) and he told me, he's bought the last domestic truck he will purchase (he buys a new pickup truck every couple years), he told me his next truck will be a Toyota. He's pretty teed off with the UAW and the UAW strike is impacting his company's business negatively as well as his paycheck, I presume.
One of my rental tenants just got laid off from her job at a 3rd tier supplier as well so now she gets to collect unemployment and gets to pay the full tilt on her healthcare as well. Least her old man is working but for how long is a crapshoot. Gonna be a hard way to go for them I suspect. I'll probably have to defer their rent payments, which I will. I am a somewhat compassionate person despite what I allude to on here...
From what I've been hearing around town and elsewhere, there a lot of people who are consumers and not affiliated with the UAW or automotive ( In reality, unionized autoworkers are a very distinct minority in the grand scheme of things), that aren't very happy about what the UAW and Fain is doing and the end result if the end result causes nothing but price increases on goods and food they buy. Real inflation and what the government talking heads state are 2 different things entirely.
My personal observations at the grocery store and other outlets is the real inflation rate is more like 12-15%. Like the motor oil I bought for the tractors went up through the roof as well as food stuffs. You do have to eat, last time I checked. Today, 100 bucks gets you almost nothing at the grocery store when in the past, like maybe a year ago, you could actually buy a grocery bag full of food. Not today and it's getting worse, not better.
Interestingly, my wife has started baking her own bread from pre packaged mixes. It's actually less expensive to do that versus buying a loaf of sponge bread at the grocery store. Average loaf of sponge bread is over 4 bucks presently and I do like 'craft' bread much better anyway.
