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Not sure I agree here. I have been selling a large collection and it is moving slowly.... Most of my stuff is darn good, some is very good and some is just plain shooter stuff.... | |||
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Opposite for me and most of the working class out there. | |||
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Collectors are a fickle lot. I sell most English stuff. I would never have guessed what vintage bolt guns are bringing today, falling blocks are doing well also. Certainly doubles are down. Just shooter grade stuff seem hard to move, plenty of options in that market. I do not sell enough American or European stuff to really have my finger on that market. | |||
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My situation is, of course, a little different. I live in Canada but am American by birthright. I am well past conventional retirement age but am still working as much as I want to (maybe more). The free-spending, money-printing strategies of the liberal governments on both sides of the border, have resulted in more dollars for me but the buying power of said dollars is seriously reduced. Better off? I wouldn't hardly say so. Covid had no effect whatsoever on me (although I did suffer a pretty annoying sore throat for a while!) financially, but this had nothing to do with either government or their policies. It was due entirely to good choices we had made prior. Because we chose to live in Canada, my wife's two year bout with cancer did not strip us of our savings. Because we invested our money and labor wisely, and lived frugally, things worked out pretty well. Governments could learn from this. Don't waste money, don't waste other resources, do your job. Regards, Bill. | |||
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The premise of a small and efficient government is a good one, though in my mind not terribly practical. My experience working in start ups and corporate America was that with growth, comes waste. From what I have seen, when things scale up, they become less efficient. America has the world's largest economy and the world's largest military. Can you name a country that is in the top ten in EITHER category that has a small and efficient Government? | |||
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Mixed bag. A company where I did some freelance work moved 50 miles west to new digs, in part because their rent was doubled here. It's been a slow year for freelance work. Had little to do with presidents, much more to do with the cost of commercial property and changes in business models. Interest rates are no longer artificially low, putting the squeeze on enterprises that barely made it with them low. I would expect some commotion in the commercial real estate market. Fortunately, my shop rent has not gone up, I am not in fancy digs and the building has one office space that's been vacant for years. Both presidents ran up big deficits, interest expense for projects that don't generate a return are a drag on the economy. This is getting worse instead of better, and the market is thin for low-interest bonds from the last few years. Banks with low-interest bonds for collateral are skating on thin ice. TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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