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So true. It is crazy. My area needs all the trade guys. They can work solo, work for a company or create their own company. It is a mystery why these needs go unmet. We are talking money. There is a guy that runs a plumbing company. His place outside of town is as nice as any doctor or...

Automation will help a person to do more/ If the volume of work goes up the person will not lose their job. That is productivity increase. If the volume of work stays the same then headcount is decreased.

Growth in labor productivity is measured by the change in economic output per labor hour over a defined period. Labor productivity should not be confused with employee productivity, which is a measure of an individual worker's output. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/labor-productivity.asp...

That is true. You pay based on cash flow. You are good as long as cash flow is good

If the cost of money is 3% and I make 10% net after taxes I am very much to the good. A good example According to the Apple's most recent financial statement as reported on January 28, 2021, total debt is at $112.04 billion, with $99.28 billion in long-term debt and $12.76 billion in current...

I would not put the Fed into the equation. Loan rates are based on your credit quality and loan amounts. Every company, all things considered equal, get the same loan rate. That said, cheap money from the Fed did lead to more borrowing for more stock buy backs and acquisitions.

The big farmers here get loans every year. They live loan to loan.

When I was a kid the Reader's Digest was always on the back of the toilet tank. I don't know why this stuck in my head, but I read in the RD way back then that by the year xxxx (I cannot recall the year) the US would be at global scale wages.

I don't understand your question.

Sure, both of those are factors, but production leaving the US for cheaper foreign labor is a bigger factor. All three factors spell doom for the guy graduating high school and getting a good job in the factory to support his family.

When do you think computers really started changing things? The level of automation has increased exponentially since computers came on the scene and their effect is still growing just as fast.

Over 2% of Americans - 7 million people - lost their jobs in mass layoffs between 2004-2009. Workers without a college degree are particularly at risk. As production met automation and moved overseas, the broader citizenry enjoyed cheaper products while large sectors of the workforce were left...

#1. Automation replaces humans so the need for human labor lowers the human competition that would cause wages to rise. There is no scarcity of labor, there is an over supply. And over supply lowers wages. #2. Foreign labor in developing countries is much less than US labor rates...

My interpretation is automation and the global labor rate have suppressed US wages.

Brent surpassing $100 a barrel is almost a given at this point, energy analysts say; but now, an increasing number of forecasters predict the commodity surpassing $125 a barrel and even higher. ″Given that you've got this underinvestment in capital exploration, we're running low on physical...

$75 for a 47 pound bag of Purina Pro Plan at TSC - Crazy

$3.69 here

That would open the door wider for fake meat

My mother died not too long ago, and Dad a few years before her. So much of what banks and insurance companies want now days is for us all to use the internet. I can see the benefit, as long as it is a good system, maybe with text alerts and notifications being pushed, but a straight pull...

Depends, is corn going to $17? Diesel to $10? Yes, that would be inflation. If just calves goes up that would be a good price for producers, unheard of, but very good. That would not be overall market inflation like we are seeing now