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   From: morrisj@epsilon3.me   
      
   On 12/28/2025 10:28 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:42:39 +1300, Your Name    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> 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..   
   >>>   
   >>> If the prices rise then the owners can afford picking machines.   
   >>>   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   > I myself once spent a day "hay-baling" with one of my brothers.   
   >   
   > Ah, the joys of youth!   
      
   I did that when I was 10-18 for several weeks each summer but that seems   
   to be a thing of the past. Now it's either round bales or a machine that   
   picks up square bales and stacks them on the hay wagon.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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