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From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com
On 12/27/2025 10:35 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:30:07 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
> wrote:
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>>> 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 ...
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>>> 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.
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> 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..
If the prices rise then the owners can afford picking machines.
Lynn
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