October 2020 here in Monroe, GA several weeks before the election Gas was $1.69 at WalMart. Don't know wat it is today but can guess in the high $4.00 range. My truck gets 16 mpg. It's 140 round trip to my Club so over $40 every trip. Jill has 300 miles per week to work getting about 25 mpg = about $60 per week. That's over $3,000 at today's price just to go to work. With gas increasing probably another $600 by the end of 2022. Just gas costs for Jill to go to work what about other travel? That's the least of our costs. Food for us. We are spending more for animal feed.
People on fixed income and retired are really in bad shape. All IRA's and 401Ks have lost over 30%. It is noted that some of the worst days in the Stock Market since the 1930s. People can't retire and those that have can't afford to make payments or live with these inflated prices and have to take part time jobs.
Then we have all the people that don't want to work, only want checks from US Tax Paying Citizens and Brandon give our money away faster than taxes can be collected. The Illegals coming across our Border get free food, clothes, SMART Phones, Plane Travel to whatever city they want, housing, cash jobs or just free US tax payer money.
This is what people voted for in November 2020. Same thing happened in 2008 & 2012. People didn't pay attention back then and now we are almost at the Precipice of Social Collapse.
I admit that I spend a lot on shooting supplies and we do have a supply. It cost us a small fortune when we decided to start the business back up. We counted on our IRA making a limited amount money each year so Jill could retire and need some more funds to finish the equipment costs to properly run our business. The Copper pipe we need for the Compressed air system has almost doubled in the past 18 months. That goes along with copper electrical wire. We are so CLOSE to finishing and having a Top Rated Shop with everything NEW. Just need LABOR and being able to take funds out os an already dwindeling savings account.
Where is & what happened to the AMERICAN DREAM for Small business Entrepreneurs????
We know quite a few business owners that say they don't know how they can make it to 2023.