Hope I'm wrong, but I have a feeling that shortage won't change any time soon. If people are desperate enough to buy jars with lids, or more expensive sets of rings & lids, the canning companies have little incentive to change things.
It's ALL about politics. DH wanted a new car last Fall. We took money out of investments and bought a 2021 Toyota Avalon, but KEPT the 2012 Toyota Avalon, now MY "new" car, with (now) 192K miles on it.
I second that comment. Wild plum jam is on my schedule for this year... but since all 4 of my favorite patches have now been cut down, I need to find a new place to pick them.i have no idea what "18 love DS" means...?wild plum jam sounds great!
We bought our property last year at exactly the right time. Not two months after we closed, the value of the house was almost 50K more than we bought it. Now it’s probably worth even more. I’m thankful we were able to get it when we could though. If we tried to buy something now, with our business slowing down and wages increasing, not sure we could have afforded it. Out here now, Dairy Queen is offering 11/hr! We almost can’t compete with that. The work we do is rather stressful and is all computer/phone based in the trucking industry. But it’s not rocket science either. My cousin, who is on unemployment right now is bringing home 18.75/hr to sit on her ass until September!! We can’t even compete with unemployment!! In town here there’s a shortage of workers because no one wants to go to work at a fast food place for less than they can for sitting on their asses. I really don’t like this timeline!! Someone needs to come out of the shower and wake Pamela Ewing up already!
Several businesses have shut down in the town where I work. They had plenty of customers but they couldn’t get any employees. Everywhere is hiring I’m considering picking up a part time job because of how well the local places are paying. I love my current job but it doesn’t pay as well as I like. And I’m really sick of the government paying people to sit on there asses. My church runs a local rehab program. A good portion of the men in the halfway house were eligible for the stimulus. Most of them had never made more than minimum wage in their life. Probably the biggest combinations of things that triggers a relapse for these men is having extra money to spend and nothing to do. And that is exactly t he situation this created.
I didn't think about the stimulus $ from that point of view, how terribly sad. When I think about it though, the government here has released $ into various groups under the guise of 'compassion' for years, but it's really to create the opposite effect, as they know full well how the money will be used and consumed. Much like the situation you described.
