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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-12-27 20:55:16 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
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   > Lynn   
      
   For many fruits and vegetables, picking machines are simply useless and   
   damage the fruit, making it worthless. Human pickers are a far better   
   option - usually they're low-paid students, travellers, and imported   
   temporary workers, mainly because nobody else actually wants to do the   
   physically hard work, often in the blazing sun.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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