[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Denny', ' ')what kind of consumers are these that would be willing to carry balances forward on their credit cards, they charge berserk interest rates.

[Revi]

Here in the US of A we all took a 10% pay cut last month. The Loonie went from 92 cents to $1.02. We didn't get a raise, so I assume that our dollars will buy 10% less in the near future. How long can we keep doing this? I read Thomas Paine, and he said that there are three ways of paying for a war. One is to pay outright as you go, with a war chest. The second is to levy a tax on people, so that they know how much it's costing. The third way is to use inflation to rob people of their spending power. Thrift is thrown out the window. We are doing this now. Why save money in a bank and get 4% if the money is worth 10% less each year? It doesn't add up.

I think we are in the throes of a readjustment already. It's only going to get worse. Hang on for the ride...

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'H')ere in the US of A we all took a 10% pay cut last month. The Loonie went from 92 cents to $1.02. We didn't get a raise, so I assume that our dollars will buy 10% less in the near future. .

[Blacksmith]

Your cut, our raise.

[Plantagenet]

The looney exchange rate gave you a 10% raise?

What was your pay before and what is it now?

[Revi]

The Loonie/US dollar drop means that a lot of Canadian mills are going to be in trouble. There are sawmills that are being hit by the double whammy of the end of the housing bubble and the fact that their product now costs 10% more in the US.

I am bummed that we now have to pay a lot more to visit Quebec. C'est la vie!

That 10% pay cut won't happen for a while, but it will eventually take 10% of the buying power out of each dollar.

We had a lot of Canadian tourists visit Maine this summer, so I suppose it will help somewhat. Maybe we'll get more business, and that will ameliorate the drop of the dollar. Maybe...

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', ' ')
That 10% pay cut won't happen for a while, but it will eventually take 10% of the buying power out of each dollar.

[Blacksmith]

Don't worry the soft wood tarrifs already kill the Canadian lumber industry. Build your Mcmansions with your own lumber. Ours is going to China.

[Blacksmith]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')he looney exchange rate gave you a 10% raise?

What was your pay before and what is it now?

[Revi]

It wasn't just the Loonie that gained on the dollar last month. The Euro, Yen, all of them gained. Even Brazilian currency. Granted, China pegs it's remibi or whatever it's called to the US dollar, so Wal Mart might not go up as much. I think it will all work through the system and produce inflation of 10% at least in a little while.

I buy all my clothing, etc here in my town, but I have a friend who imports woodstoves from Canada, and another who gets soapstone for wood heaters from Quebec. We just bought a maple syrup evaporator that was made up there.

With the dollar dropping the way it is, it doesn't make sense to save money here in the US. The average guy doesn't know that we were all given a little pay cut last month. That's why inflation is the way to stick it to us working stiffs. The rich don't get hurt because they have lots of ways of keeping the value of their money. Don't you think they know what is going on? I'm sure they have all their hard earned in some kind of ETF or something.

[Plantagenet]

If you'd buy American-made items instead of Canadian, you wouldn't have to worry about the increasing value of the looney.

[Revi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I')f you'd buy American-made items instead of Canadian, you wouldn't have to worry about the increasing value of the looney.

[FoolYap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I')f you'd buy American-made items instead of Canadian, you wouldn't have to worry about the increasing value of the looney.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FoolYap', 'J')ust a quibble: I'm sure Woodstock Soapstone Company assembles theirs at their New Hampshire facility. It may be that their castings are made elsewhere (wouldn't surprise me), but technically they are "built" in the US. Good stoves, too, albeit all of them are catalytic designs.

[Revi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')hanks Steve. Its easy for people to claim the US doesn't make the items they want to buy and they are therefore at the mercy of the massive and powerful Canadian economy and its highly valued currency. However, if you look around, I'll bet you can usually find an American company making the same item.

[conning]

The Quadra-Fire is a cast iron stove made in Washington State. Very efficient stove.

[Revi]

I'll grant you this one is cast iron, but the others are welded steel. It looks like a pretty good stove. I live on the other side of the country from Washington State, and I'll bet Drolet could get me one here at a lower shipping cost.

http://www.quadrafire.com/products/stov ... MBERLNDGAP

I own 5 woodstoves and a maple syrup evaporator. I don't intend to buy another one for a while, but if I do, I'll check out this stove.

[EnergyUnlimited]

"Overextension: Our American way of life is not sustainable"
...and not negotiable either...

American future does not compute.