So far, I haven't noticed the prices going up on anything I buy, nor have I seen any shortages. Prices definitely need to come DOWN. We need a period of deflation to gain purchasing power. Since January, Trump tariffs have brought in over 70 billion dollars the the Treasury. https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2025/trumps-tariff-revenue-tracker-how-much-us-collecting-which-imports-are https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/economy/government-tariff-revenue
Perhaps it depends on where you shop. I buy mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, fish and dairy. Loss of farm laborers might cause shortages, but it could also be seasonal. I am disappointed that prices have not fallen, rising wages are great for those still working, but those on fixed incomes are still being hurt from the Biden inflation.
J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
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So far, I haven't noticed the prices going up on anything I buy, nor have I seen any shortages.
Prices definitely need to come DOWN. We need a period of deflation to gain purchasing power.
Since January, Trump tariffs have brought in over 70 billion dollars the the Treasury.
https://www.piie.com/research/piie-charts/2025/trumps-tariff-revenue-tracker-how-much-us-collecting-which-imports-are
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/economy/government-tariff-revenue
I wondered what was causing all this torrential rain and flash flooding.
I have, and I've noticed a reduction in quality of fresh vegetables. Wonder of that could be related to the loss of immigrant farm workers?
Perhaps it depends on where you shop. I buy mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, fish and dairy. Loss of farm laborers might cause shortages, but it could also be seasonal. I am disappointed that prices have not fallen, rising wages are great for those still working, but those on fixed incomes are still being hurt from the Biden inflation.
When Putin comes to Alaska he'll bring a copy of the Peepee Tape.
(grandpaw, why is your toupee so yeller?)
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