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   Paul S Person to bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
   Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=93This_is_how_the_wa   
   27 Dec 25 08:35:18   
   
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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:30:07 -0800, Bobbie Sellers   
    wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> But I am not reading articles stating "95% of MAGA rejects Trump's   
   >> tariffs because they raise the price they have to pay at the store".   
   >   
   >	No percentages but some MAGA are waking up to the price of beef at   
   >the supermarket as well as other frequently purchased products.  This was   
   >one of the candidate's main talking points during the campaign.   
      
   I've read those as well, and, while it is heartening to think that the   
   one or two that are identified are the tip of iceberg, at least one of   
   these disgruntled MAGAs did not blame D Trump -- but G Soros.   
      
   Speaking of sheeple ...   
      
      
      
   >> I am seeing availablity problems reminiscent of the supply chain   
   >> problems during the pandemic. Perhaps ICE is arresting/deporting truck   
   >> drivers who "look like a Mexican" and so producing supply-chain   
   >> issues.   
   >   
   >		Yes and the price of some fruit has moved out of my price range.   
   >I suspect part of that is tariff and part is the unwillingness of    
   >drivers to risk   
   >ICE idiocy.  I know from news reports including the testimony of growers   
   >that they are not getting the workers that they need for harvest because    
   >the   
   >workers are fearful of ICE which does not apparently give a damn if the    
   >people   
   >whom they are arresting are American Citizens or non-citizens with green    
   >cards.   
      
   Right now we are still running, I suspect, mostly on the harvests of   
   years past. So food is available, but the market is raising the   
   prices. But that won't last forever if ICE deports the workers..   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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