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Isabeau

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Feb 4, 2023 - 4:07am |
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black321 wrote:
Inflation is a complex...a product of multiple events. And yes, it is silly to say that Joe caused it all, within 18 months of being president.
Other issues obviously include years of the Fed's easy $ policies, $T stimulus under both admins, the tax cut, wage (including min wage) hikes, and of course the Ukraine war.
Yes, yes, and yes! Side note: I understand that Corporate Egg Producers profits have risen 40%, yet have no reports of avian flu.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Feb 3, 2023 - 8:29am |
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black321

Location: An earth without maps Gender:  
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Nov 29, 2022 - 8:52am |
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rgio wrote:
I know it's pretty easy/popular to blame Biden for inflation, but here is a direct line to the last administration on part of the very complicated answer to what has caused the dramatic increases in everything, including food.
With inflation continuing to skyrocket, especially for food, which reached 10.4 percent in June, it is worth examining how the ongoing U.S. trade war with China and U.S. tariff policy overall has impacted U.S. agriculture and food prices. The economic literature shows that the U.S. import tariffs and subsequent retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and other countries on U.S. agricultural exports have hurt the U.S. agricultural industry and could impact future production, further raising food prices.
Tariffs generally raise consumer prices, and while thatâs true of export tariffs too, the mechanism operates a bit differently. Limitations on exports, whether through tariffs or explicit export bans, often produce an excess in goods. If firms are unable to sell their products to the world, they must sell more of them domestically. The surplus lowers prices in the short run. But when firms invest in producing food, a highly volatile commodity, they invest based on what return they think they will be likely to earn in the future. If their access to a foreign market is limited due to another countryâs tariff policies, their profits will fall and they will invest less in future production, which would lead to higher prices in the long run.
In response to the U.S. imposition of tariffs by the Trump administration on Chinese imports, China responded with several waves of tariffs on U.S. exports to China, with tariff rates ranging from 2.5 percent to 25 percent. As China represents the U.S.âs largest agricultural export market, a large percentage of agricultural goods, including soybean and pork exports, faced tariffs. Other countries also retaliated against the U.S. for imposing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. Across all retaliatory tariffs, $30 billion in agricultural products were targeted, or about 22 percent of all retaliated goods.
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Inflation is a complex...a product of multiple events. And yes, it is silly to say that Joe caused it all, within 18 months of being president.
Other issues obviously include years of the Fed's easy $ policies, $T stimulus under both admins, the tax cut, wage (including min wage) hikes, and of course the Ukraine war.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Nov 29, 2022 - 8:15am |
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rgio

Location: West Jersey Gender:  
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Aug 12, 2022 - 9:06am |
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I know it's pretty easy/popular to blame Biden for inflation, but here is a direct line to the last administration on part of the very complicated answer to what has caused the dramatic increases in everything, including food.
With inflation continuing to skyrocket, especially for food, which reached 10.4 percent in June, it is worth examining how the ongoing U.S. trade war with China and U.S. tariff policy overall has impacted U.S. agriculture and food prices. The economic literature shows that the U.S. import tariffs and subsequent retaliatory tariffs imposed by China and other countries on U.S. agricultural exports have hurt the U.S. agricultural industry and could impact future production, further raising food prices.
Tariffs generally raise consumer prices, and while thatâs true of export tariffs too, the mechanism operates a bit differently. Limitations on exports, whether through tariffs or explicit export bans, often produce an excess in goods. If firms are unable to sell their products to the world, they must sell more of them domestically. The surplus lowers prices in the short run. But when firms invest in producing food, a highly volatile commodity, they invest based on what return they think they will be likely to earn in the future. If their access to a foreign market is limited due to another countryâs tariff policies, their profits will fall and they will invest less in future production, which would lead to higher prices in the long run.
In response to the U.S. imposition of tariffs by the Trump administration on Chinese imports, China responded with several waves of tariffs on U.S. exports to China, with tariff rates ranging from 2.5 percent to 25 percent. As China represents the U.S.âs largest agricultural export market, a large percentage of agricultural goods, including soybean and pork exports, faced tariffs. Other countries also retaliated against the U.S. for imposing Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. Across all retaliatory tariffs, $30 billion in agricultural products were targeted, or about 22 percent of all retaliated goods.
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miamizsun

Location: (3261.3 Miles SE of RP) Gender:  
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Aug 8, 2022 - 6:41pm |
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sunybuny wrote:Asking for a friend.... how hypocritical is it to drive electric car, recycle like crazy, have solar power, wash on cold setting and have lots of Big Oil stocks in retirement portfolio?  shhh "big oil" has been investing literally billions in renewables for years ( one recent example on bloomberg)
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rgio

Location: West Jersey Gender:  
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Aug 8, 2022 - 8:19am |
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sunybuny wrote:
Asking for a friend.... how hypocritical is it to drive electric car, recycle like crazy, have solar power, wash on cold setting and have lots of Big Oil stocks in retirement portfolio?
I offer this up as a "sort-of" summary of the ethical/moral positions available for your friend.
A friend of mine was present during much of this debate at Swarthmore College in PA. A lot of the smartest folks anywhere argued for months over it....and here's a summary.
FWIW - the returns on their portfolio (currently the 10th largest per student in the US) have enabled them to spend extravagantly on a new dining hall facility that includes the following sustainability benefits in its design.... - All-electric energy using renewable sources
- Solar panels on the roof
- Meadow area and food gardens
- Improved compost collection
- Induction cooking
- Increase in locally sourced food
- Stormwater management and recapture
- A geoexchange energy transfer plant in the basement that will serve the entire campus and enable the College to transition away from the use of fossil fuels
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sunybuny

Location: The West & Best Coast of FLA Gender:  
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Aug 8, 2022 - 7:49am |
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Asking for a friend.... how hypocritical is it to drive electric car, recycle like crazy, have solar power, wash on cold setting and have lots of Big Oil stocks in retirement portfolio?
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Aug 8, 2022 - 7:19am |
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Aug 2, 2022 - 6:52pm |
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R_P


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Jul 29, 2022 - 1:40pm |
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miamizsun wrote:
i don't blame the west, especially nato and nazis
Translated by my Putin American English decoder ring.
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miamizsun

Location: (3261.3 Miles SE of RP) Gender:  
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Jul 29, 2022 - 12:49pm |
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Red_Dragon wrote:
nah, gotta be Sleepy Joe's fault
i blame the west, especially nato and nazis
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jul 29, 2022 - 12:45pm |
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miamizsun wrote:
hi alex i'll take "why people don't understand that oil is a globally traded commodity and how market disruptions, like covid, war, etc. could roil production/prices worldwide?" for $1000
nah, gotta be Sleepy Joe's fault
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miamizsun

Location: (3261.3 Miles SE of RP) Gender:  
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Jul 29, 2022 - 12:25pm |
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hi alex i'll take "why people don't understand that oil is a globally traded commodity and how market disruptions, like covid, war, etc. could roil production/prices worldwide?" for $1000
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R_P


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Jul 29, 2022 - 11:31am |
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Red_Dragon wrote:
About the same amount as the estimated annual fossil fuel subsidies ($20b) provided by the gov to the industry.
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black321

Location: An earth without maps Gender:  
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Jul 29, 2022 - 11:20am |
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rgio wrote:
So the free market, zero-regulation Republicans want to blame Joe for the price of gas?
Sure, those numbers are global, but inflation and recession are a lot more complicated than just pointing fingers.
but politics are simple.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jul 29, 2022 - 11:12am |
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rgio wrote:
So the free market, zero-regulation Republicans want to blame Joe for the price of gas?
Sure, those numbers are global, but inflation and recession are a lot more complicated than just pointing fingers.
Also, the price of oil drives the price of damned near everything.
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Steely_D

Location: Biscayne Bay Gender:  
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Jul 29, 2022 - 11:09am |
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Red_Dragon wrote:
Curse you, capitalism!
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rgio

Location: West Jersey Gender:  
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Jul 29, 2022 - 10:48am |
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Red_Dragon wrote:
So the free market, zero-regulation Republicans want to blame Joe for the price of gas?
Sure, those numbers are global, but inflation and recession are a lot more complicated than just pointing fingers.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Dumbf*ckistan 
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Jul 29, 2022 - 10:05am |
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