DOGE’s Cuts at the #USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise & Invasive Species to Spread

Thousands of #US Dept of #Agriculture employees, including food inspectors & disease-sniffing #dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports & pests to proliferate.
https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/

"the losses could cause #food to go rotten... even higher grocery #prices... potentially devastating invasive species getting into the country."

#Musk #Doge #Trump #USPol #News #USA #Dogs #Science

#USpolitics #Prices

"Why Everything’s So Expensive" [ ± 1min]
by RBReich

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XV5LCH6XXoc

Quote by RBR:
"Mar 11, 2025
Corporate monopolies aren’t just bad for business — they’re bad for your wallet. Minimal competition means maximized price gouging."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#CapitalismIsFailingYou
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

Prime Minister Justin #Trudeau says #Canada will retaliate by placing 25% tariffs on $106B worth of American products.

Trudeau says Canada’s retaliatory #tariffs against the #UnitedStates will start with 25% tariffs on approximately $20B worth of US goods on Tues, with $85B more to follow within 3 weeks, to permit Canadian #SupplyChains to adjust.

#economy #prices #inflation #cost #geopolitics #law #USpol #Trump

Since #PresidentMusk's puppet insists on #playingPresident, the #media should be asking #Trump what he is doing to coordinate with #PresidentBiden to help the #Pallisadesfire victims and make sure the response is uninterrupted across #InaugurationDay. Is Trump using #Musk's control over the #HouseRepublicans to fast track aid?

Ignore all his blathering about nonsense and force him to talk about the #American people and their needs. Remember #grocery #prices...?

Times are hard for shareholders

#Economy #Cheese #Groceries #Prices

John Donigian, the senior director of #SupplyChain strategy at Moody’s, said the #tariffs could lead to higher #costs, potential #delays & pressure for #businesses to shift production closer to North America or into the #UnitedStates.

All industries would face unique challenges, he said. For #electronics, moving #production could be #slow & #costly. For #retail & #consumer #goods that try to keep costs low, inventories could fall & consumer #prices rise.

[so less stuff that’s more expensive]

#US businesses are stock piling & predicting increases to #consumer #prices in preparation for #Trump’s #tariffs.

Trump’s election is already cascading through global #SupplyChains, where companies are grappling w/his vision for international #trade & huge tariffs on foreign products. Trump has floated a 10-20% #tax on most foreign products, & a 60% #tariff on goods from China—that would raise the surcharge American importers pay to a level not seen in generations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/us/politics/trump-tariffs-china.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#eu #europe #energy #naturalgas #economy #compare #prices #european #vassalage is #poverty