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  • What a perfect visual to tell Americans how terrible Resident Bidon is for us. Get him outta here!!

  • I have heard that the Biden admin has prevented the cutting of trees, for the "Green New Deal"  also the Canadians have stopped shipping lumber to our country.  No matter how you slice it, "we the people" take a shellacking everytime a dem is in the whitehouse. I did see an interview with an owner of a sawmill who was complaining that the regulaters were limiting the amount he could cut, also the amount he could ship.  No matter, "we the people" are effected by all of it Big Time.  Gas. lumber, food etc etc etc.

  • There is much more to the lumber crisis than Biden...  price-fixing, greed and avarice, special interest manipulation, and overseas demand are being allowed to unduly influence and control the market.  The COVID Pandemic had a negative impact on the harvesting, milling, and shipping of lumber by creating a temporary market shortage.  Major industry leaders have unfairly capitalized on this temporary problem. This sort of artificial manipulation of the free market needs to be met with government intervention.   

    Temporary shortages and production losses should not be managed to line the pockets of a few... When price increases don't reflect an increase in the cost of production, the retail price of goods and services should be expected to remain relatively stable... It is the TEMPORARY SHORTAGES and greed that appear to be driving the current lumber market. 

    Three major federal laws comprise our antitrust law: The Sherman Antitrust Act, The Clayton Act, and The Federal Trade Commission Act. Each law builds off the others to give the federal government the authority to regulate monopolies, stop deceptive practices, and dissolve companies that amassed too much power.  These acts cover price-fixing, gouging, and other anti-trust and monopolistic practices. 

    Once again, temporary labor and market shortages should not result in driving market prices through the roof... literally.  There are reasonable legal limits on such market manipulation... When the market is not functioning as a free market but is being managed for profit, without justification, it is time for the government to intervene... by restoring FREE market values in the pricing of goods and services.

  • Dems "in service to their country " get filthy rich while everyone else gets poorer. When will people learn-vote democrat & work for free for the government. Vote conservative & work for yourself & your family's enriched present & future. Which one of these makes a better country & world?  Duh 🙄 

  • SCREWED AND DO NOT ENJOY IT

  • This is just the beginning!  Biden is the worst selection the Democrat Party could have made - although if you were looking for someone you can use to finish off the transformation of America (remember  Obummer?) then he would be perfect.  Just wait for the cackler - she is one piece of work - how will she handle being the President with Pelosi by her side?  I dread each day to see what else is going to go wrong!

  • Hold on to your hats - there is far more to come under Biden.  And not just in lumber prices.  Although to be fair, I did hear that lumber prices did come down a bit last week.  I can't say the same about gas prices or food.

    • There has been no reduction in the fuel supply.... if anything the demand for fuel is way down and revenues from retail sales should be way off normal... What is likely behind increased prices is GREED .. the major oil companies are feeling the loss of revenue as sales of motor vehicle fuel is way down... due to massive drops in consumption as transportation needs for commuting to work and school, vacation, and other forms of travel are way, way off ...

      The Major Energy Companies are monopolistic... they will not suffer a decrease in their revenue streams even though their product lines are way off sales... they simply violate free-market principles and raise their prices across the board leaving the consumer to pay them or do without... price increases that amount to over 100% in less than a year are typically considered PRICE GOUGING or PRICE FIXING... as they don't reflect any increase in production or other fixed costs in delivering their products to market.

      Anyone who believes we have FREE MARKETS today is delusional... this is just one more example of how rigged our system of government and the economy has become.

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