I run a business flipping houses and remodeling rental properties. I was talking to the owner of the electrical supply house in our county yesterday and he told me they sold the last 200 amp meter base they had in stock the day before. They were probably one of the last stores in Tennessee that had any in stock. You can't build a house without one.
He also told me our power company has been removing transformers that are feeding barns or workshops. They don't have any spares to fix broken transformers in residential areas so they are stealing them from places that affect the fewest people. They haven't received any new transformers in several months.
The areas affected by the tornados last week are calling utility companies everywhere trying to find transformers and poles to repair the damage but there are very many spares left. He said if that storm had hit our county, he didn't think we would have the parts to get the power turned back on any time soon.
Crazy times ahead.
Remember, our baby boomer parents, their ignorance, made China what it is today by the Christmas toy phase in the 80s and 90’s, that’s when they got hungry for more. There aren’t many Christmas toys made in the US, if any.
Christmas greed got us in this place. My two were born in the 90s. They broke their flashy worthless toys so I bought them books and art supplies. My mother accused me of ruining Christmas. I had this huge awakening after 911, my ex was an airline mechanic. 100,000 airline mechanic jobs, good middle class jobs lost because they can fly planes overseas for heavy checks. Lights checks and fueling, de-icing still done in the states.
At that time I was livid my fellow Americans weren’t up in arms over lost American jobs so I gave up.
Now here y’all are. Welcome to hell. At least people are waking up.
Start by reducing those Chinese Christmas toys.
You can buy your kids musical instruments, books, invest in a camp over the summer, take on a trip to somewhere special. Buy any art supplies.
We don’t have to give China money at all. At all, beyond what’s needed to before we bring our manufacturing back. We should put those CEOs on trial, Republicans sold us out as much as democrats. I’m sure all those top CEOs voted Republican.