A blurb in the news said that increased lumber costs have added $36000 to the price of a new house. Related to construction costs are steel prices which continue to go up. A local trailer dealer said that he can not preorder a trailer because manufacturers are unable to specify wholesale prices because of unpredictable steel prices. Infrastructure is a big word these days. We will see that improvements in this area will become much more costly. Further, maintenance costs for municipal, state, and federal properties will require tax increases.