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[Airstream]

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Beef is outrageous and American beef farmers are not happy because they want help because of price to produce. Govt is giving them a subsidy.

Beef farmers don't want imports and Trump is promoting beef imports.

Overall grocery prices relative to wage increase is not good. Inflation vs wage growth.

Beef prices were going up LONG before Trump took office. And yes, farmers don't like imports. But you don't quite understand the reason for that because you probably never talked to a farmer who raised beef. Fewer beef farmers are operating due to a combination of factors including years of drought, record high costs for feed and supplies, low cattle prices, and an aging producer population. These issues have caused farmers to reduce herd sizes or leave the business, leading to the smallest U.S. beef cow herd in decades and making it difficult to reinvest and grow operations even when prices are high.

And under Biden wage growth went negative by nearly $3250 per year. Under Trump that was reversed and there was a $1200 increase in real wages. But he's only been in office for 10 months. You expect Trump to undue 4 years of Biden? Good grief.

 

[Airstream]

Don't tell me American business is not passing on tariffs to American consumers. You need meds if you believe that American companies are absorbing the increase in cost of goods sold because they are paying more for a product due to a tariff. The American company is passing on the cost of goods sold to consumer. Inflation.

Produce the numbers!!! Don't just give me your "feelings." You need meds. The problem with people like you is you don't produce data. You spout political gibberish. You can't produce one set of statistics that states inflation is being caused by tariffs. Again the inflation rate since February 2025 is 2.8%. 1/2 of that is the increase is housing costs that are 12 months lagged. As of September 2025, the annual US inflation rate (CPI) without housing costs was approximately 1.8% to 2.4%. Again show me the facts not your feelings.

 

[ValueArtist]

If FED decision is wrong, just blame on Trump for the mess in delaying crucial economic government data.

Who do you blame for the QE "rate cuts" started in 2008 under Obama/Biden and left running until now; the actual cause of the ongoing inflation?

 

[Fernando]

Who do you blame for the QE "rate cuts" started in 2008 under Obama/Biden and left running until now; the actual cause of the ongoing inflation?

Nothing is free and have consequences. We're paying for it now with high interest rates so deal with it.

 

[Dublin ohio]

Beef prices were going up LONG before Trump took office. And yes, farmers don't like imports. But you don't quite understand the reason for that because you probably never talked to a farmer who raised beef. Fewer beef farmers are operating due to a combination of factors including years of drought, record high costs for feed and supplies, low cattle prices, and an aging producer population. These issues have caused farmers to reduce herd sizes or leave the business, leading to the smallest U.S. beef cow herd in decades and making it difficult to reinvest and grow operations even when prices are high.

And under Biden wage growth went negative by nearly $3250 per year. Under Trump that was reversed and there was a $1200 increase in real wages. But he's only been in office for 10 months. You expect Trump to undue 4 years of Biden? Good grief.

And then you have this

Report: Tyson to close large meat plant just weeks after Trump's collusion claims

Tyson, one of the nation's largest meat packing companies, is planning to close a large meat packing plant in Lexington, Nebraska.

abc6onyourside.com

 

[ValueArtist]

Nothing is free and have consequences. We're paying for it now with high interest rates so deal with it.

Then attribute said consequences to Obama and Biden, don't be misleading, partial, and subjective.

 

[Charles West]

Are you repeating the same soundbite from Trump?
Trump did say other countries are paying for the tariffs and now he reverses many of his tariffs to all countries.
Have you seen beef prices? Poor people can't afford to eat good beef in America.

Tariffs have been estimated to have added 0.04% to prices, essentially nothing. Beef prices are very high because the herd this year was the smallest in 70 years, and Mexican beef is quarantined.