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bucolic_frolic

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3. I already regret not ordering more replacement parts from China
Fri May 2, 2025, 08:47 PM
May 2025

But I suspect here or there items I own will fetch a few bucks more. I think we'll pay for this 3 ways: Tariff increase, cost of doing business increase (borrowing to fund replacement inventory at higher prices), and price increases to maintain profit margins at reduced volume caused by higher prices. Once prices go up, they'll never come all the way back down. Think 1976 to 1980. Stagflation. Higher prices with an economy that doesn't grow.

Tires will cost more, a lot of tires made in China or Japan now. In Walmart this week, seemed everyone bought a new microwave or toaster oven.

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