Sh!ts getting real. | TheaterFire

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blowtheglass@reddit

Prices for everything is going to pump because corporations are going to use this as an excuse. We're cooked. Good luck to all.

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0masterdebater0@reddit

I keep asking myself how tf can people still support this?

Then I’m reminded about that woman from a few weeks ago whose child died of measles and she said she still didn’t regret being anti-vax

This country is cooked

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trefoil589@reddit

Democracy dies without a well informed electorate and the ultra rich have been cutting the legs out from under democracy for going on 4 decades.

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CrazedOneOhOne@reddit

The issue is expecting the government to educate us properly. Their goals are not the same as ours. The folks in charge want divided, docile, and easily manipulated groups. They are doing well.

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TheKidKaos@reddit

It’s bee happening longer than that. We knew that Teddy Roosevelt was blocking news from reaching the population. There has always been censorship of information

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weedhuffer@reddit

Or the guy whose wife got deported that still supports trump

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Nogohoho@reddit

I know someone who's a fervent Trump supporter who is trying to bring in someone on a green card.
They really do think that their partner will be excluded from the purges.

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artdecodisaster@reddit

Their partner’s immigration is the only moral immigration, duh.

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FunStorm6487@reddit

Or you know.... Melanie's and her parents 🤬🤬🤬

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Melania (and Musk, for that matter) were legitimately illegal immigrants. Melania lied and said she was here on a tourist visa, when in reality she was working as a model. And Musk overstayed his student visa.

"Do what I say and not what I do ..." etc.

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FunStorm6487@reddit

Didn't she end up getting one for "genius"

Too lazy to Google 😉

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ndw_dc@reddit

I'm not sure to be honest. All I know is that there are rules for the rich, and then rules for everyone else and that's be design. It's my crazy hope that people would wake up to that one day, but here we are.

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Opasero@reddit

It definitely become a very distinct difference and also extremely blatant under this regime because they seem to love to rub our noses in their shit.

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ndw_dc@reddit

Right. To me, that is the biggest issue with the whole Signal Gate BS. If a regular soldier or intelligence officer did the same thing, they would be fired immediately and most likely prosecuted and sent to Leavenworth.

But if Trump's friends do it? It's like it never happened. And on top of that they're also violating the Presidential Records Act. But they literally don't give a single fuck, because why should they?

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Opasero@reddit

I heard something called an Einstein visa. Or was that Epstein visa? /s

But seriously, the Einstein one. I don't know how it makes sense either.

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Because she's a vagenius.

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FunStorm6487@reddit

Hahaha..... damn, you are right, and you nailed it

🤣🏆🤣🏆

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Mucholderandwiser@reddit

Do you not understand that the Trump regime is deporting people who are here legally, whether on student visas, green card holders, or those with legal asylum/refugee status? Her partner has a tell chance of ending up as a slave laborer in a brutal El Salvadorian prison - especially if he has ANY tattoos. That has happened to people with tattoos of Jesus, or the autism awareness ribbon.

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artdecodisaster@reddit

It’s called sarcasm.

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Nogohoho@reddit

No /s. How is the average redditor supposed to tell what you mean?

/s

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Gildardo1583@reddit

They be hurting the wrong people, you know.

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PromptAggravating392@reddit

Are they white? I'm noticing no white immigrants are being deported

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nottoday2017@reddit

They detained and deported a white Canadian woman working in California whose visa they took issue with. She’s been very vocal about how terrible it was and how she’s lucky to have gotten out in 2 weeks since she’s well resourced and connected compared to most people getting deported.

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Nogohoho@reddit

They are not.

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PromptAggravating392@reddit

Welp that's extra stupid and dangerous

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Nogohoho@reddit

No kidding. I feel bad for their partner.

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yamers@reddit

I know somebody who's a ultra maga nutjob who lives on disability paychecks as he freeloads off his son in laws house.

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TheBlacktom@reddit

One stupid person shouldn't affect the lives of hundreds of millions. But on the bright side, at least she (and people like her) is less likely to effectively procreate.

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Zeus_The_Potato@reddit

You go outside of the 10 major cities in the US, and the country is basically Bangladesh wearing a gucci belt (generally speaking). So you shouldn't be surprised.

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BigNapplez@reddit

Hey meow… there are some solid cities from 11-29 as well, but I agree with you. After those it’s a shithole.

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benjunior@reddit

I mean c’mon meow. 31-40 are decent. Not too bad. I guess they’re bad, but not too bad. Fuck 30 though.

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darshfloxington@reddit

Man people really hate Baltimore

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Head-of-bread@reddit

Right meow I can name 40 off the top of my head

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SirFunksAlot123@reddit

Measles was a bogus diagnosis from pneumonia, to spark fear, and demonizing injecting poison into kids.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/medical-error-death-6-year-old-girl-pneumonia-after-measles/

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Girafferage@reddit

She got pneumonia from the measles. It says in the article. Vaccine would have saved her life.

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SirFunksAlot123@reddit

She died from antibiotic medical error, not from a very rare disease.

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Girafferage@reddit

You know measles is rare because of vaccinations...

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hera-fawcett@reddit

if she was vaxxed against measles she wouldnt need antibiotics-- bc she wouldnt have had pneumonia 🤡

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countdonn@reddit

Isn't pneumonia a symptom of something else? It just means fluid and inflammation in the lungs, from something like a virus, bacteria, or fungus. You can develop pneumonia from measles, either from the virus itself or a secondary bacterial infection.

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Mucholderandwiser@reddit

Exactly. I had German measles in high school, and then it moved into my lungs.

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0masterdebater0@reddit

Holy shit your source is Dr. Pierre Kory, the ivermectin doctor....

go suck down a tube of horse dewormer and stop spreading your BS anti vax propaganda

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SirFunksAlot123@reddit

Keep an open mind. Spiritual warfare is upon us. I don't want an argument, just an open space for intelligent conversation.

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TheIrishWanderer@reddit

Spiritual warfare is upon us.

What the fuck does this shit even mean? Lmao.

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Mwiziman@reddit

What are you on about? You bring lies and try to pass it off as truth. That is not “intelligent conversation.”

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cameraninja@reddit

First of all Measles is Real.

Write that down ✍️ for your Prepper Intel

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Mwiziman@reddit

This website is anti-vax and misleading. Please stop sharing misleading medical information.

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Girafferage@reddit

She got pneumonia from the measles. It says in the article. Vaccine would have saved her life.

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Damet_Dave@reddit

We used to have large scale wars every 20 years that would clear some of the thicket laying around.

It hasn’t really been cleared in 80 years.

It’s about to. History doesn’t like vacuums and it doesn’t like being ignored.

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squashYoDick@reddit

She’s secretly relieved she doesn’t have to support a child anymore

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Immortal-one@reddit

She couldn’t get an abortion “because Jesus”…but Jesus delivered and had her child suffer a painful death instead. Win-win!

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thenewyorkgod@reddit

LOL her exact words were “the vaccine is still worse “. Worse. Worse than dying

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throwawy00004@reddit

Because "it wasn't that bad." Absolute insanity.

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ConsistentGrass1791@reddit

Any chance she was paid to say that? It’s just unimaginable.

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throwawy00004@reddit

Maybe? They interviewed on [Children's Health Defense] according to the article. I didn't link to it because I don't need to give an RFK organization any clicks. I think they're probably in shock, but my first reaction would not be, "I'd make the same decision again. It wasn't that bad," if my kid died of an eradicated disease that I refused to protect them from.

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Narwahl_Whisperer@reddit

Dude... people were literally dying of covid and still claiming it was a hoax.

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tame-til-triggered@reddit

She didn't want that baby anyway.

That's their long game, circumventing birth control and abortion.

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Slow_Profile_7078@reddit

Put down the koolaid

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TheIrishWanderer@reddit

Explain.

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Professional-Cap-425@reddit

And that's not all she said, iirc, she said her child's measles wasn't that bad ... It's like mental illness at this point. These maga morons are cult brainwashed. It's beyond salvation at this point.

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FunStorm6487@reddit

Well, they have 4 other kids/ s

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TACAMO_Heather@reddit

She and her husband murdered their child.

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PCLoadPLA@reddit

It's not an "excuse". It's how tariffs are designed to work...by boosting domestic business compared to foreign. If prices don't go up, the tariffs literally didn't work. It's a tax.

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lil_internn@reddit

On us it’s a tax on us consumers why not just tax wealthy why do we need to foot the bill for this mfs tariff idea that might work and might alienate us from every ally

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PCLoadPLA@reddit

Oh I know. Tariffs are terrible policy on any level. Bad at generating revenue, bad for the economy, just altogether bad. But if you look at the purpose of tariffs it's literally to raise prices. By putting tariffs on foreign goods, it raises the prices of foreign goods directly, so domestic producers can raise their own prices in turn. Domestic producers raising their prices isn't a side effect. It's the whole point.

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floyd616@reddit

Tariffs are terrible policy on any level. Bad at generating revenue, bad for the economy, just altogether bad. But if you look at the purpose of tariffs it's literally to raise prices. By putting tariffs on foreign goods, it raises the prices of foreign goods directly, so domestic producers can raise their own prices in turn.

Not exactly. The idea of tariffs is that you're raising prices on imported goods so that domestic goods are the less expensive option, thus encouraging companies to increase domestic manufacturing due to the increased demand. The problem is twofold:

1. You can only put tariffs on goods that are able to be produced domestically. If you put a tariff on goods that literally cannot be produced domestically, such as if a foreign company controls the supply of a necessary component, it just raises the price of that good without domestic production increasing (because it can't), thereby causing a shortage.

2. For a similar reason, the infrastructure necessary to manufacture the goods domestically must exist when the tariffs take effect. If tariffs take effect but none of the infrastructure necessary for manufacturing the goods has been built, or if some has been built but not enough, the tariffs won't work properly and instead will just cause a shortage because domestic production can't fill the gap left from the imported goods.

Now, here's my two cents. Some of the tariffs Trump had proposed are, on paper, a good idea. Specifically those on goods manufactured in China. Basically, if Trump had stuck to that and not tariffs on imports from our allies, and (especially important) incorporated a (much) longer delay before the tariffs take effect, like (just throwing out a number) 1 or 2 years, that would have avoided angering our allies and allowed American companies to have time to develop the infrastructure necessary to move their manufacturing operations here, so that when the tariffs take effect they could immediately switch to domestic manufacturing without missing a beat. To have even greater likelihood of success, the tariffs could even have been paired with tax credits and other financial incentives for building new domestic manufacturing infrastructure, to further encourage American companies to build the necessary domestic manufacturing infrastructure.

Of course, because Trump and co. are Trump and co., they didn't think that far ahead, so here we are.

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PCLoadPLA@reddit

This is mostly correct, but there's no increased demand without increased prices, unless you reject the principle of supply and demand. So tariffs will increase prices and if they don't that means they haven't worked because they haven't increased demand for domestic goods.

You are sort of right about the rest as well, if you want domestic production to increase immediately, then you need some pre-existing domestic excess production capacity. But that's a fantasy world, because companies don't maintain excess production capacity, so in all cases, the domestic production capacity will need time to ramp up. Speaking as somebody whose career is ramping up factories, that takes years, decades, and in some cases generations to happen. And even that increased domestic production will never result in prices dropping to what they were before because all of their inputs that had comparative foreign advantage (steel, crops, minerals, whatever) ALSO have tariffs on them so their efficiency will always be fundamentally worse than it was under free trade.

You have a point that a minimally -invasive tariff policy, if there is such a thing, would only put tariffs on goods that already have a good domestic supply chain. But that would have the effect of only subsidizing existing industries where US is strong, and not subsidizing industries where US is weak. That's actually self defeating because boosting US industry requires, if anything, more development where US is weak. On the contrary you want tariffs to cause the greatest price increases in sectors where there's weak domestic capacity, in the HOPES that the high prices will stimulate development of domestic capacity. That might work but it might never happen, either because people substitute other goods and go without, the high price causes demand to drop so much nobody invests in increasing production (prices just rise to a new higher equilibrium and that's that), or firms don't invest in increasing production because Trump will be gone in 4 years and it will take them 5 years and 20 million dollars to build a new factory and if the tariffs go away they will go bankrupt with a factory they don't need so they just sit in the 20 million as a cash reserve in the case of the chaotic economy. Investment requires steady, stable market conditions where firms can make long-term plans and that's NOT what firms are facing right now. Literally China currently appears like a better investment than the US by far.

So you see once again, from every angle if the tariffs don't cause pain, they aren't working, and they "work" to the extent that they do cause pain. Attempting to craft a tariff policy that has minimal damage results in a tariff policy that doesn't do much, and you might as well get rid of it.

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Kjs1108@reddit

Ya, it’s definitely going to be hard on us the consumer. I wish there was away companies couldn’t pass the cost of the tariffs on the consumer. We the people alway get the short end of the stick. We need some strategies to combat this. I’m not sure stockpiling goods is the way to go.

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lil_internn@reddit

Yeah it’s crazy he can just say it’s a tax on foreign countries and 100 million people somehow believe him it’s like just 100% false

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single_use_12345@reddit

Actually, as business owner on the European side I'll increase my prices too because everting will be more expensive.

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F0xtr0tUnif0rm@reddit

Yeah half the problem is these companies will jack up prices before the tariffs even affect them, specifically on inventory they already have. And then once prices for them come back down we won't see much discount. We all got to witness this recently during covid.

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StromGames@reddit

Which kind of makes sense? If it costs me $10 to import an apple, I'm going to sell them for $11, even if the ones I bought were bought for $3.

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TheBlacktom@reddit

It's not an excuse, it's basic economics. Demand stays the same and supply is dereasing. Part of the supply is more expensive because of tariffs, this causes the rest of the supply to also become more expensive.

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Excellent-Hat5142@reddit

No, they wouldn’t do that.

I don’t remember them raising costs and keeping them up during and after Covid/s

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boots_and_cats_and-@reddit

They did the same thing during COVID and it resulted in historic inflation.

Reddit supported the guy that did it in 2020.

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Mushroom_Tip@reddit

Reddit supported the guy that did it in 2020.

Who was president in 2020?

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illepic@reddit

Hey I'm just a rando who stumbled into this sub, but could ya'll help me out? What should I be buying in bulk right now?

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Rice. It's easy to store and is still cheap. Dried beans ( lentils are high protein and cook quickly) Canned meats, vegetables, fruits. If you can afford it, freeze dried foods. Instant coffee. Sugar. Salt. Flour. Baking soda.

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cornmonger_@reddit

of course, if they pull this stunt for too long, they're re-opening the door for mom & pop stores, which large retailers have basically undercut for decades

large retailers can say whatever they want, but if the price is right, people will start frequenting small businesses more

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thrublue22@reddit

Then learn how to do it yourself. Then, sell it to others. Start your own business. Thrive.

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HowManyMeeses@reddit

Lol. Time for us all to start our own toothpaste companies.

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thrublue22@reddit

You were given an opportunity, and you already slammed the door. Wake up.

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HowManyMeeses@reddit

I don't need "an opportunity." My family will weather all of this just fine. The idea that any individual can just start a company to combat these tariffs is absolutely hilarious though.

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thrublue22@reddit

It isn't about combating tariffs. It's about taking advantage of them. Wake up.

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HowManyMeeses@reddit

Wake up to what? The only people profiting on this will be the ultra-wealthy. The average person isn't starting a competitor to Crest or "buying the dip." Most people don't keep cash on hand to take advantage of market crashes.

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thrublue22@reddit

You're a lost cause. But hopefully someone sees the post and takes action.

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thrublue22@reddit

https://diynatural.com/homemade-toothpaste/

https://simplelifemom.com/3-homemade-natural-toothpaste-recipes/

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Toothpaste

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HowManyMeeses@reddit

Lol

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s3rv0@reddit

I make $31/hr. Many MAGAts are on welfare. I'm laughing

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realdougpiranha@reddit

bUt PrEsIdEnT TrUmP tOlD cOmPaNiEs NoT tO RaIsE pRiCeS

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MrFishAndLoaves@reddit

Comments I made predicting this about six months ago in this sub were removed.

If that kind of discourse can get through in a sub like this, this country is really cooked.

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kid-ph0b0s@reddit

We were screwed when people started saying "cooked."

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TraditionalYear4928@reddit

GENERAL STRIKE

Everyone should stay home.until trump is impeached

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the_real_dairy_queen@reddit

And just like after COVID they won’t come back down.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

Not only grift.

Think about tariffs on aluminum. That's expensive so glass bottles for beer, now the glass being produced and bought for $X at Y demands is going to see a huge jump in demand which will raise the price of glass even if there are no tariffs associated with glass.

So a bunch of people with no knowledge of supply chain or macro economics are going to say glass companies are gouging people on price when it's directly (1 step removed) tied to tariffs.

There are still massive ripples 2 or 3 steps removed. And that's just one commodity.

Add to it the general mob mentality we see from this post (Buy it all even if you don't need it) And you get the soap shortage in Venezuela. E.g. the county had more than 10x the needed soup for everyone in the country on shelves and in warehouses. Poor economic times hit and people go out to buy everything. So some people ended up with 20 years worth of soap and other with 0 soap. So even when things are available, there are massive shortages because of no confidence in the supply chain. E.g. a bank run, but on commodities.
Add to it all the lay offs that are "justified" e.g. alcohol producers not being able to sell in Canadian, and all the companies that will lay off the people that can't normally fire because they are a protected class. E.e. older people, blacks, women, religious people, etc They can and will blame it on tariffs.
Add to it that all the social nets, FEMA, USAID, etc are being gutted and the valuable people are leaving before they are fired.
Add to it all the doctors no longer practicing in certain states where certain medial laws are written so poorly you can go to jail for being in the room when there is a stillbirth.
Or all the educated professionals fleeing the US for other countries.
The brain drain is real.
Add it it medical issues. Utah is going to stop putting fluoride in water. How did that work our for Calgary? Or right, more cavities, more medical expenses, more surgical mishaps, to the point where they are adding it back into their water.
I'm not saying don't follow OPs advice, Or that there would be scams and whatever. Remember that US seator's family who fixed egg prices a couple years ago. There will 100% be issues like that.
I am saying they are underselling the shit that is going to happen to the US for the next 10-15 years because of decision just SO FAR under this president and that prices will go up even without corruption or grift, because things are a couple ripples away from other things.

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PlayfulSurprise5237@reddit

Oh yea, this is just the tip of the iceberg, there's going to be a cascade of shit happening, much of which you stated.

And people don't realize that the US economy is like a car, it's got lots and lots of moving parts, and there's a torsional wind-up from the time changes are made to when the wheels turn and the car moves.

JUST from the stuff that's already happened in a couple-few months we'll see the impact and it will be real real rough.

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justforkinks0131@reddit

Bro you just repeated what Mark said in the post. Like, literally.

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PapaGeorgio19@reddit

It’s the same thing during Biden, oh it’s inflation, meanwhile Kroger’s was making record profits, but because by in large the American population is freaking stupid, they were all in on inflation and not corporate greed jacking the prices.

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Vitringar@reddit

They don't need the excuse. Everything will be more expensive.

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HarryPeter_Is_My_Cat@reddit

Well wen we steal we can blame it on the tarrifs once they file a police report

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Future_Way5516@reddit

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Tradtrade@reddit

It’s no more or less of an excuse than the normal supply and demand

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Old_Management_1997@reddit

Its not even an excuse, if american products are the only affordable products, demand will by far exceed supply and prices will shoot up until they can either start producing significantly more or demand goes down

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Observer_of-Reality@reddit

It will go up BECAUSE OF THE STUPID TARIFFS.

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universal_boner@reddit

Thanks captain obvious, I know your intentions are pure

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SithLordRising@reddit

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blowtheglass@reddit

Lmao fuck my end of workday brain. I also wanted to say THE PRICES ARE NEVER FUCKING COMING BACK DOWN

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universal_boner@reddit

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BrookeBaranoff@reddit

That is what mark said

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Deicide1031@reddit

Looking at this list it seems like someone either slammed it together at the last second or they want to intentionally nuke the economy.

Most of nations on this list don’t even make sense.

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Nearby_Specialist129@reddit

We are going to run out of toilet paper again, aren’t we?

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American_Greed@reddit

Better to invest in a bidet.

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xmrcache@reddit

Yeah whew we love our bidet;

We use sooo much less toilet paper basically just enough for a courtesy wipe and a dry.

I even have a backup bidet on standby :)

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Plurfectworld@reddit

How many are American made?

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Watchnyck@reddit

Been preaching this for years - pays for itself pretty quickly

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floyd616@reddit

Never, this AMERICA, you Eurotrash commie! /s

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eukomos@reddit

The cheap one we bought during covid's still going strong, it's been a great investment! Feeling a little extra glad to have it now.

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bellj1210@reddit

TP is the easiest thing to stock up on- and there is no way that things continue to go this bad for more than another year- and that is about 2 costco bundles of TP that you can literally store anywhere dry.

Picked up 2 at costco the other day- still about $40 total and will last the wife and i until next year- 1 pack of paper towels (we just use dish rags most of the time) and we do not need paper products for a long time.

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Big_Fortune_4574@reddit

Yeah I’ve got three actually 😂 My philosophy is to grab this stuff before the panic starts, then I’m comfortable and not contributing to the problem.

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TheBlacktom@reddit

r/toiletpaperusa

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Wide_Dragonfruit1058@reddit

If I could make a recommendation now - before it goes that direction, buy a couple of commercial size toilet paper holders, then 12 packs of the 9” commercial rolls. During the pandemic when everyone was rushing the stores for normal rolls, I noticed no one seemed to think of commercial rolls, and never had trouble ordering more online. About $55 per box of 12, one box lasts two people about three months. Boardwalk brand is good.

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Atomsq@reddit

Isn't that crap the single ply crap that's smooth and feels like sand paper on the ass but somehow you still need a lot of it because it seems like the poop doesn't stick to it for some reason?

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FrogNuggits@reddit

You could always use a stick. 😆

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Atomsq@reddit

Sadly I lost my travel poop knife

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Serious-Monk-3057@reddit

I'm gonna need more information on "poop knife" please, sir.

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floyd616@reddit

That's what she said!

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StrudelCutie1@reddit

It's John Wayne toilet paper. Rough, tough, and doesn't take shit from anyone.

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Immortal-one@reddit

When you couldn’t take a shit without checking for supplies is the time magats thought America was at its greatest. Only fair to get rid of the toilet paper to make america great again, right?

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floyd616@reddit

When you couldn’t take a shit without checking for supplies is the time magats thought America was at its greatest.

No, MAGAts think America was at its greatest in the 1890s: When most industries were either monopolies or controlled by a massive trust, women couldn't vote, and segregation was the law of the land.

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spinningcolours@reddit

Depends on how much you want to pay for it!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/trump-tariffs-on-canada-lumber-risk-pinching-toilet-paper-supply

I can't believe that many Americans still believe that Canada will pay the tariffs, not American consumers.

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Jetfire911@reddit

This time we run out of everything.

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FrogNuggits@reddit

It's highly possible.

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MountainGal72@reddit

We still have two brand new bidets awaiting installation in our supply closet.

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FrogNuggits@reddit

A good spray bottle and piece of old t-shirt will do the trick. Just don't flush that bit of t-shirt!

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traveledhermit@reddit

I needed a plumber this week and went ahead and ordered that bidet I’ve been thinking about for the last couple years.

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AthenaHope81@reddit

Stock up on it now. Amazon has some amazing cheap bulk deals. I have a years worth already

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gnngnngnn@reddit

Food prices go up high enough and you'll run out of poop first.

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imsahoamtiskaw@reddit

Really good laugh for the night. Thx

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lil_internn@reddit

Run outta poop lol

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CapitalismPlusMurder@reddit

lol. You win the dystopian thread.

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SilverBuggie@reddit

I’m thinking about buying a bidet to reduce tp use

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TarkusLV@reddit

As long as I have water, my bidet will continue to serve me!

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valiantbore@reddit

Yeah, probably. We better go before it’s all gone!

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kingofthesofas@reddit

Remember when inflation was the reason people were voting for Trump... Good times

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PokeyDiesFirst@reddit

That was never a real reason. That’s just what people outwardly said to either avoid saying the real reasons (which unsurprisingly sound bad when spoken out loud), or because they are too misinformed or stupid to really know what they’re doing.

A year from now, when things are pretty fucking bad, don’t forget who among your friends outwardly showed support for this asshole. Things aren’t going to get better anytime soon.

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ARazorbacks@reddit

Every person on the Left who hangs their hat on Trump winning due to the economy didn’t listen to a fucking thing Trump said.

Trump did not say he’d use tariffs to brings jobs back. He said he would use tariffs to “make them pay.”

His entire campaign was revenge politics. Any comment even remotely related to the economy, including the shit about tariffs, was just repackaged messaging dir revenge politics.

People didn’t vote for Trump to deal with inflation. They voted for Trump to get revenge against “them.” Who is “them”? “Them” is whoever needs to be the scapegoat for that day.

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lil_internn@reddit

They voted for him cause they were fed up with being poor and democrats offered nothing to them Same as always I hate trump just as much as anyone but yeah democrats treat the poor like subhuman and say the system Works just fine so what do you expect from people Who the system has failed

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ARazorbacks@reddit

Democrats treat the poor like subhumans...

Ok, let's just go with that. How would you say Republicans treat poor people?

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Darkknight3940@reddit

Hmm…local food banks and support services for the needy weren’t suddenly having their funding cut off and their food orders cancelled by the USDA under the democrats like what’s happening now, and that I’m witnessing in my own community. This administration is literally eliminating the safety nets for anyone fallen on hard times. And they are doing so without warning nor time for these organizations to put alternative plans in place. You think the last administration marginalized the needy. This administration is trying to wipe them out.

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4Wonderwoman@reddit

Plus getting rid of Department of Education.

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HydrostaticTrans@reddit

What could be offered to them that wouldn’t be considered socialism?

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lil_internn@reddit

Anything remotely helpful to poor people can be considered socialism so not really valuable to think in those terms cause yeah I mean that’s what we/they need lol they need socialism 1000%

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floyd616@reddit

Anything remotely helpful to poor people can be considered socialism

That's precisely their point.

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Today I rewatched " The Grapes Of Wrath". The book and the movie are about 85 years old. Ultra heartbreaking viewed through the lens of present day when it appears that it's the road we are headed back down.

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594896582@reddit

I think it's foolish and malicious to accuse all of them of doing it for racism. The number of videos out there of people being upset because all of the shit they thought orange don was gonna fix, he made worse, and all of the things they thought he was going to protect, he's actively attacking. Some people are very easily influenced, even otherwise intelligent people, and others just aren't mentally capable of understanding properly either because the education system failed them, or they lack the mental capacity to understand, or both.

Racists scream the loudest, even now whilst they still remain to be the minority, because they want to look and feel like they're the majority. It won't take much to make them afraid again, just like we did back in the 80s and 90s, it's just gonna take a lot of fighting to do it, like it did back then.

But America needs to fix its education problems to ensure this can't happen again.

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PokeyDiesFirst@reddit

I don’t think racism has to do with a big section of it, I think people just wanted to take revenge on the left for the COVID years. MAGA isn’t monolithic, I agree.

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594896582@reddit

Ah, my mistake. I agree, revenge is certainly a likely part of many, but I'd say that most were probaboy duped into believing this clown would actually fix the problems that happened. I thought they were fairly open about their want for revenge against dems though, but perhaps you're right that more of them won't be very open about it.

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Tanstaf1@reddit

Yup. Gonna be bad. Biden dug us in a cataclysmic $36 trillion dollar hole that will be close to impossible to dig out of.

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rowenstraker@reddit

It was always the hate and racism (and tax breaks for a few of them). The civil war was about 'states rights' and not slavery, civil rights opposition wasn't rooted in racism but out of a 'concern for the racial purity of whites and blacks', opposing gay rights was because of 'the sanctity of marriage is gods word'. They like to hide their racism behind religion and other made-up bullshit

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Blackbiird666@reddit

Yeah, I think people just voted to hurt others. Plain and simple. They are just mad now because they are being hurt too.

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Some1getmeablanket@reddit

Alternate take: I don’t think they voted to intentionally hurt others. But I do think they voted to try to take care of themselves, without giving a flying F about how it would affect anybody else.

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Immortal-one@reddit

“He’s hurting the wrong people” sorta tells you where their morals are.

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Blackbiird666@reddit

Thats kinda the same thing. Except they weren't ignorant or not giving a f. They goaded and goaded about how POC and queer people would been "put in their place" once Trump won.

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lil_internn@reddit

Yup I feel for them cause I get it but we need to punch up not down unfortunately democrats don’t really care to punch up either

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WhileUpbeat9893@reddit

All of your political rivals are either woefully stupid or straight up evil.

Man, you must be a paragon of virtue, the only light left in the world.

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johnzischeme@reddit

“Redditor for one month”

Shouldn’t you be in your safe space over on the Con(ned) sub?

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PokeyDiesFirst@reddit

You’re right about one thing, you are woefully stupid.

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lifeissisyphean@reddit

At this point willful ignorance is no excuse.

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Independent-Cover-65@reddit

Talking about that was better than being seen by others as racist.

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Alive-Tomatillo5303@reddit

Nobody can have dignity and friends who voted for Trump at the same time. It's one of the other.

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ALEXC_23@reddit

I thought it was cause of the no tax in tips….

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kingofthesofas@reddit

Lol another thing everyone forgot about

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FriedSmegma@reddit

Still waiting on my cheap gas and eggs

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WhileUpbeat9893@reddit

Haven't eggs gone down in price dramatically?

I know that information wasn't on Reddit, but if you really buy eggs it seems like you'd know that.

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FriedSmegma@reddit

They have not. Maybe by a dollar at most. A dozen of eggs still should not cost me $6+

I buy eggs every week homie.

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Bitter-Pumpkin-9806@reddit

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/02/26/usda-invests-1-billion-combat-avian-flu-and-reduce-egg-prices

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WhileUpbeat9893@reddit

You sure?

https://www.reddit.com/r/FluentInFinance/comments/1jjumxp/egg_prices_have_now_plunged_more_than_63_this/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/02/business/egg-prices-fall-usda

They were going up in price, now they're going down. Since you buy them every week, it seems like you should be keeping up with this stuff, homie.

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FriedSmegma@reddit

Yeah and you should check your sources. Your first source is a random reddit post with zero data values and your cnn article is referring to wholesale and doesn’t reflect consumer prices.

A dozen eggs used to run me $1.98, it currently runs me $5.96. It was up to $9 recently.

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WhileUpbeat9893@reddit

It was up to 9 recently, and now it's 6? But you can't recognize that prices have dropped?

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FriedSmegma@reddit

Quit trying to tEcNiCaLlY me. No one should be paying $6 for a carton of fucking eggs. $3 drop is not shit

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WhileUpbeat9893@reddit

You must not be very good at math

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FriedSmegma@reddit

You must not be very good as basic comprehension

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AStegmaier072@reddit

Stop being an ass! Fucking hypocritical idiot, now that's being an ass

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WhileUpbeat9893@reddit

I know that 6 is smaller than 9, so I'm doing alright

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kgu871@reddit

People voted for trump because they wanted to believe every single bullshit he was spewing, regardless of his history. Also, kamala was a disaster candidate. Those are two reasons people voted for trump, if they voted at all.

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Hot-Championship1190@reddit

Well, and with more inflation even more people will be voting for Trump!

Maybe I'm not too sure with this - but Trump sure is.

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QuicheSmash@reddit

Pepperidge Farm remembers!

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Traditional-Handle83@reddit

Well now we get light speed inflation

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Girafferage@reddit

It will be blamed on the Fed and the Biden administration. I guarantee it.

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Traditional-Handle83@reddit

Yea good luck on them trying it this time

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ruat_caelum@reddit

He loves the uneducated!

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a_little_hazel_nuts@reddit

Has anyone heard what the national crisis is against the world that gave Trump the ability to raise tariffs on everybody? I am so confused at why and how this is allowed to happen. I know the excuse for raising tariffs on Canada and Mexico, the fentynol crisis.

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rogue-padawan@reddit

Real answer: For longer then Trump has cared about politics, he's thought that trade deficits are a bad thing, a sign of weakness. If we are buying more from Canada then they are buying from us, to him that's America loosing money. He's been complaining about it for ever.

That's why these aren't "reciprocal" like he's saying. He thinks that trade deficits is just cash out there to grab.

He doesn't understand basic economics.

Gotta wonder wonder if it will hit a point where people start real protests, like in the country of Georgia.

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Agitated-Score365@reddit

Just his shitty personality, perpetual victim mentality and delusions that this will immediately bring manufacturing back to the US and all the out of work federal workers will work in factories. Plus he’s vindictive and all the other countries have spoken out against him so he’s putting tariffs on everything. It’s so bizarre to know we are probably watching a depression unfold.

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SludgegunkGelatin@reddit

Christians. Its the christians.

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Decnav@reddit

Its the National Christians, you know the Nat C's

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Tha_Dude_Abidez@reddit

Man aint that the truth, I wish we had the Muslims.

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k8ecat@reddit

The CINO- Christians in name only.

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Pyroclastic_Hammer@reddit

I thought it was Jewish space lasers. But also the christians.

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PentacornLovesMyGirl@reddit

As it typically is.

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PreviousConcept7004@reddit

He is the crisis. It’s him.

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floyd616@reddit

I couldn't help but read this in Taylor Swift's voice, lol. Now I've got Antihero stuck in my head.

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sportsbunny33@reddit

🏆

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CapitalismPlusMurder@reddit

This is literally it. Every single MAGA leader suffers from incredible insecurity. They’re starting at a place of perceived grievance, which is why almost every single step they take is vindictive. They think every relationship is predatory, and can’t fathom the idea of mutual benefit, and certainly not outright compassion. It’s an absolutely sick, twisted, abusive type of “leadership”, if you can even call it that.

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eskimojoe@reddit

I call it the “perennial butt hurt”.

Even their supporters, there’s always a latent butt hurt behind their entire personality.

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Tradtrade@reddit

And every single person who voted for him, his party, or didn’t vote

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Right, lol! Trump declared in a tweet that he wanted a Tariff on that Canadian Fentanyl.

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StrudelCutie1@reddit

The order said that the trade deficit was an emergency, which to me is contorting the word "emergency" beyond recognition.

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AyeAyeandGoodbye@reddit

Ahhh, yes. The 42 lbs they found in Wisconsin and assumed it was from Canada. Meanwhile 10 tonnes was confiscated at the Mexican border.

It was allowed to happen because too many Americans believed that a conman from New York who Bankrupted a casino and shafted everyone who he made a deal with was a “smart” businessman.

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ultramasculinebud@reddit

This doesn't even mention all the fentanyl that originates in this country and the whole opioid epidemic. That's home grown.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

Buy yourself some "I did this" trump stickers as well and have a blast.

To be fair he CHOSE to bankrupt the Casino because he CHOSE not to complete with MONEY LAUNDERING LAWS, because he has always been working fro Russia.

According to a dozen anti-money laundering experts, casinos often run into these problems. But getting caught with 106 violations in the casino’s opening year is an indicator of a serious problem, they said. The violations date back to a time when the Taj Mahal was the preferred gambling spot for Russian mobsters living in Brooklyn, according to federal investigators who tracked organized crime in New York City. They also occurred at a time when the Taj Mahal casino was short on cash and on the verge of bankruptcy.

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Money_Star2489@reddit (OP)

3 casinos: https://news.temple.edu/news/2016-10-25/bankruptcy-expert-studies-trump-casinos

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Dal90@reddit

He needs to rebuild the defense industrial complex because (checks notes) he trashed 80 years of leading international security cooperation with the western world in under three months.

Second part is sarcasm only because he's too stupid to comprehend that, first part however is the honest truth of how is justifying it.

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AsparagusOk8644@reddit

Don’t you remember? It’s because this is what makes ‘merica great again 🤣

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Bchip4@reddit

He is saying that the national crisis is ‘americas trade deficit’ smfh

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DankyPenguins@reddit

Goddamn fentynol

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phovos@reddit

I mean, we gave the president emergency war fighting powers 25 years ago, whatever powers this is kinda don't matter compared to the ability to bomb anyone in the world, quite literally.

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Expensive_Watch_435@reddit

75% of the phones and batteries we have are now facing the 34% increase in tariffs. Apple is down 7% just since the start of aftermarket and I guarantee you it isn't going up anytime soon. gif

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StarintheShadows@reddit

Why do you think he’s so obsessed with taking over Greenland?

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rogue-padawan@reddit

And claiming half of Ukraine's mineral deposits.

He wants a truce to prevent Russia from claiming any more of them.

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altitude-nerd@reddit

Sounds like a great opportunity to build more lithium mines and processing plants.

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Ok_Entrepreneur_5833@reddit

It's not that easy. I researched this two years ago and saw the writing on the wall here.

Problem 1. Who owns the land where the lithium is domestically. Look at that for awhile. These are protected lands, sacred ground, indigenous lands, lands with towns already on them.

Problem 2. Water. The amount of water needed for the mining and refinement is staggering. We are already in risky water business not just nationally but globally. Very sticky politics for a long time already.

Problem 3. Expertise. Nobody in the world is an expert in the process except for one group. The Chinese. Because they've had time to develop the expertise because they do not care about pesky things like the environment or laws voted on by people or indigenous land rights. Even the Canadian companies you'll find advertising as capable are ding ding ding you guessed it, actually Chinese companies.

Don't get me started on geothermal.

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Expensive_Watch_435@reddit

It would be a lot easier to have started doing this before a hike up, it's like doing your homework 30 mins before you have to turn it in

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Trumpton2023@reddit

I've read that 4 States are 'amending' child labour laws to allow 14 year old to work longer hours & 17-18 year olds to work night shifts during school time 😡. Apparently, this is due to a labour shortage caused by immigrants leaving quickly (voluntarily or otherwise). Vance wants to give tax breaks to manufacturing companies that to move to the US, which is fine, but for them to be competitive with Asian manufacturers, they're going to have to slash the wage bill (except for their CEOs I'm guessing) & crush the unions. This will mean either robots & fewer jobs or Asian style sweat shops. Either way, it's so sad to see what is happening to your country dudes.

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Expensive-Attempt-19@reddit

Lol. Yall think it's going to play out like the covid pandemic and toilet paper? This is the dumbest thing I've read today.

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darkknightwing417@reddit

PLEASE DON'T HORDE

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Both_Ad9612@reddit

Yeah, Mark, that works for some folx, but how about the folx who can only buy as they go? What about the ones who can't buy in bulk? Mark sounds like a goid guy, but it's still about the money for him, not the damage done to humans without a lot of it

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Dyn0might33@reddit

Soylent Green, sadly. That's their ultimate plan.

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Both_Ad9612@reddit

😁

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IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE@reddit

If you can only buy as you go, not a lot of prepping you can do in that regard then huh?

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Both_Ad9612@reddit

For those folx, no. Mark is not talking to people with far fewer resources. Mark is about scale and margins.

Granted, he's a more democratic (small d) human than other most other investors, but I'm suggesting before we think it's egalitarian he's sharing survival tips for when this thing collapses, we need to step back and see who's left out and why.

They are the millions who can't stock up like us because they're still trying to recover from COVID. They pay as they go, live paycheck/payout to paycheck/payout. You know, our Uber drivers, food servers/makers, dishwashers and janitors; dashers, retail, nearly anyone in service, healthcare workers, etc. All the immigrants who pick our food, clean hotel rooms, and take everyone's shit - they are not in that position.

I'm suggesting that if Mr. Cuban were more democratic than capitalistic, he would be organizing with the other billionaires who can help to do something about all the humans under attack - not just neglected - but severed from their means of living. They are just trying to survive; they don't have the resources to stock up.

These tens of millions of vulnerable humans are exactly who democracies are designed to protect.

When Mark ignores them, no one else can see them.

When he doesn't acknowledge just WHO is about to find basic needs tripled in price - the ones who CAN'T stock up - they are invisible.

Not saying he's intends this: I'm pointing out how his advocacy functions with respect to those left out.

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wwaxwork@reddit

The time to do that was 3 months ago.

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datasquid@reddit

When you run out of your prep the problem will still be there. They aren’t scaling back on prices if people still buy them.

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Th3Gr3yGh0st@reddit

Just like they didn’t after Covid, they just wait for us to get used to higher prices.

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victorybound@reddit

Not only do they do continue to raise prices, but shrink faction is a real thing. So, we still pay more for less. And there are so many people who’ll say that tariffs are no big deal - “just buy American made products”.

They don’t seem to understand that when the cost of imported goods go up, by say 25%, producers of goods in the U.S. will raise their prices accordingly by 20+%. Also, most items online and in stores are made in China, so it’s not that easy to replace all goods with those made in America

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Th3Gr3yGh0st@reddit

Already seeing food item weights/sizes shrinking while the price still goes up. Our groceries are up $50-75 in just a few years plus our local food bank is now empty…

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citymousecountyhouse@reddit

After 9/11 the airlines began charging for checked bags, used to be 2 free up to 50 pounds each. They said it was temporary. It's been a temporary charge for close to 25 years now.

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SkuzzyKing@reddit

Fact! Perpetual fuckening

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DynastyZealot@reddit

Prepping against inflation is a situation you can never win, you just lessen the speed of decline. Eating yesterday's purchase is cheaper than eating today's, and tomorrow's food is cheaper today than it will be tomorrow. You're never done.

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mr_wizard343@reddit

Not to mention that mass hoarding behavior contributes right back to inflation. Yes, please triple your demand for that commodity right fucking now everyone, that'll help prices stay prices lower for longer, obviosuly!

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FrogNuggits@reddit

But keep in mind that there may also be less on the shelves. Some things may just completely disappear.

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Justa_Guy_Gettin_By@reddit

Thank you. It's so short sighted but people really do think this way...

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mwmandorla@reddit

Sometimes I think it should be mandatory for all kids to see It's A Wonderful Life (now that the TV monoculture is gone) so everyone has the concept of a bank run to refer to.

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trailsman@reddit

Yup already already did over the past year starting last late Feb to prepare for the eventual H5N1 pandemic. It's also a great way to beat inflation because I stock up when something is at a deep discount. And I have a long term supply of everything I use, so I never have a need to buy anything right away, I can wait to replenish my supplies when they're on sale only.

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tfsra@reddit

I live in an apartment with limited storage, and I envy you so much right now

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Think outside of the box...do you have space under your bed? Does your living room have room for a shelf or cupboard?

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tfsra@reddit

I can't emphasize enough how much the answer to that is no

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Bummer!

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bellj1210@reddit

yup i do this- but the days of big purchases are done for things like canned goods- now i is a few flats of whatever i need to restock and that is about it. The pantry is already deep.

Plus side- most canned goods never really go bad.

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Jetfire911@reddit

I can't wait for $27 toothpaste.

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Narwahl_Whisperer@reddit

Y'all. I bought a 17 cubic foot freezer. 100 pounds of meat. Froze that shit. 50 pounds of beans. 25 of rice. Based on current use, I should have flipped those two. More rice, less bean.

A few flats of canned veggies. A few cases of TP.

I know it's not enough. There's no way I can buy four years of supplies. Impossible task for an average joe. Tough times ahead.

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Tasty-Fig-459@reddit

Eh. The prices then weren't that different than they are right now. I've been doing this since he took office.

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Thundermedic@reddit

They did….they will do it again.

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NickolaosTheGreek@reddit

The best time might be 3 months ago, the second best time is now.

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jim812@reddit

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-historic-results-president-donald-j-trumps-first-two-years-office

My guess is your hatred of the truth will keep you from seeing the truth. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink.

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suricata_8904@reddit

It’ll be wild at. Costco tomorrow…

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Dyn0might33@reddit

Dang! I knew I should have stopped there today

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ThickSourGod@reddit

So the billionaire's advice to weather the upcoming economic crisis isn't to be as careful with your money as you can and only buy what you absolutely need. It's to panic buy and give him and his billionaire buddies as much money as you can.

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Dyn0might33@reddit

True, but he's also more wrong. We're going to get squeezed hard. Because after all, capitalism is great so we're just going to kill competition. Makes perfect sense, don't it?

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klutzikaze@reddit

Fluoride in toothpaste doesn't have a long shelf life so don't buy years worth. Could be an idea to get fluoride as a supplement though just in case RFK has all the states take it out of the water.

Good luck everyone.

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Dyn0might33@reddit

I like that I still have all my teeth. A lot. F that brain worm.

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stevetheborg@reddit

its ok, luigi will save us when they kill him

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PrepperIntel-ModTeam@reddit

Your posting was considered Non-constructive under rule 5 of r/PrepperIntel by the mods and has been removed.

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Fhugem@reddit

It’s always the unsuspecting consumer who pays the price. We need to start supporting local businesses that actually care about our communities.

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jim812@reddit

You idiots realize Trump’s had tariffs in his first term and prices didn’t increase. Step away from the edge and stop believing everything leftist lunatics are saying. Every day is an IQ test.

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Boner_Elemental@reddit

and prices didn’t increase

We were all there, why do you lie?

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jim812@reddit

2% inflation is normal and has been since the 80’s. Not like the double digit inflation every year of Biden.

Every day is an IQ test and you’re failing.

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Boner_Elemental@reddit

lol doubling down on your lies won't make them true. Keep embarrassing yourself, it's funny

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cahir11@reddit

You idiots realize Trump’s had tariffs in his first term and prices didn’t increase.

You're retarded.

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Security162@reddit

That was just an excuse. They didn’t want to publicly admit they worship a demented convicted felon. They knew as much as anyone inflation was because Covid disrupted supply chains and it was a worldwide phenomenon and not any administrations fault. But this WILL be trumps fault as any downturn is not because of any previous administration because he inherited a good economy with the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years.

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Forsaken_Series778@reddit

Those who panic make it hard on everyone. We didn't need to have a TP shortage because of COVID. It was a created hysteria, just as this is.

Storing consumables is a good idea that those who are able to do should have already been doing. Fake scare tactics causing unwarranted hysteria that creates manufactured crises are dangerous. Build you home storage if you can, but don't do it when everyone else is and don't try to scare people into creating unneeded crises.

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twinzerfan@reddit

I’m all for onshore production. But this isn’t the way to do that.

Even if - and that’s a Trump “hyuge” IF - you could somehow build all the factories overnight, any business would only employ the bare minimum of workers and automate everything else. No one is going to pay high wages, sick time, vacation, etc when you can run machinery 24/7 for fraction of the cost.

Add to that AI is replacing basic administrative tasks and evolving extremely fast.

The right way is to create incentives for businesses to invest in onshore projects for a few years and allow them to grow before slapping tariffs on everything.

This is going to be a disaster for a few years, if it even works as intended - which I highly doubt

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Freedom_7@reddit

for a few years

We’re not coming back from this.

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funkyhoboman@reddit

Yeah I don't think a lot of people realize that Pax Americana is dead. There is going to be a new head of the world order by the end of the decade, if not sooner, and it's almost certainly going to be China.

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Big_Fortune_4574@reddit

The only part I disagree with is the assumption that China will create its own world order. We’ve all grown up where there was always a stable world order, but this is not the norm for humans.

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GiveMeNews@reddit

China was supposed to start weakening after 2030, and the US could have maintained its position in the world had it played its cards right. Instead, the US fucked itself long term.

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serrations_@reddit

Its as if the US was like: "wanna see something cool?"

and then shot itself in the balls when they were in the lead

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weedhuffer@reddit

The thing that makes it extra dumb is he keeps going back and forth on the tariffs, adding and removing them. I don’t see how businesses could make long term decisions based on policy that might change overnight.

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BrewCrewBall@reddit

Exactly, who would even think of building a factory when he could change his mind in 6 weeks?

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Mucholderandwiser@reddit

Or one day, like he already has several times.

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twinzerfan@reddit

Yep. Money doesn’t like instability.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

Unless you are part of the club that knows when he is going to say tariffs and shorts the stocks first. Then money LOVES insider knowledge.

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Alpenglow_Snowsquall@reddit

It’s strange that more people don’t talk about this. If Nancy Pelosi does it in broad daylight why shouldn’t the Trump administration go to extremes of insider trading in every way they see fit? Seems the Russian connection is a convenient cover for what’s just massive financial corruption

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ruat_caelum@reddit

I mean you got that sort of backward. Who was fixing egg prices democrats... or republicans. Who wouldn't implement money laundering rules in their casino.... Trump Why? Russians laundering money. Whose husband was the head of the new york stock exchange who told their constituents Covid would be fine while dumping everything and buying all the medical stocks... Republicans.

Who said, "Obama ammo shortage!" while they slowed down ammo production to inflate prices... It wasn't the democratic owned ammo factories.

You can "both sides" this if you want to keep your head in the sand but if we measure corruption it's not even close.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

Let me propose something else that fits with those actions... Pump and dump.

When you know stocks with go up or down you can buy things like shorts. So all the rich people in the corrupt circle with Trump short the stock, then he announced tariffs, then they make a shit ton of money as the stock market crashes. Then they buy low, and wait a while. Sell a bit and buy more shorts before the next announcement.

People say Trump was so bad a business man he bankrupted a Casino, but what really happened is he would not comply with money laundering laws.

This guy has been involved in Laundering Russian money his entire adult life. Remember that 40 mil Florida property he sold for like 90 or 100 million to a Russian oligarch. Which then "cut it up" and when the last piece sold the Russian was at a loss if he hadn't done anything with the money other than keeping it in a bank.

This is not new. The guy is corrupt and doing corrupt things STILL.

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honemastert@reddit

The way to do this was to embrace Canada and Mexico. Make the 'Americas' great again.

We were well on our way towards that then well, Orange Genius doubled down.

SofaKing Dumb

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GiveMeNews@reddit

Some examples of tariffs causing long term harm decades after their passage, and how difficult tariffs are to remove once in place. This will be long term damage, stretching out over decades.

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5348033/us-economy-tariffs-trump

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chillandforget@reddit

Fortunately Trump has made the US very attractive for immigrants to work the factory jobs.

Err right? Anyone want to work building PlayStation's for $20/hour? Anyone?

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yeeftw1@reddit

And with those factories or private equity businesses, it’s going to hire the lowest bidder and higher the cheapest that they can get and therefore you’ll have super high rates of injury or sickness for food. People who are really not qualified.

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AdmTaco@reddit

one problem- someone has to install, service, maintain al that equipment. so they are better jobs. not back-breaking ones. there's a big difference.

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twinzerfan@reddit

You’re right about that. But how many people? Not an entire factory floor of staff is my point.

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lifeissisyphean@reddit

1:100, and they say, StILl MaKiNg JoBs

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Independent-Cover-65@reddit

That gets put overseas

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Tradtrade@reddit

I work in automation. The ratio starts off as basically every job lost to automation gets replaced with a support job. That ration falls down and down and down as time goes on. Also the support jobs only work if you have the right training in the population you can afford to employ

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Artistic-Banana734@reddit

I’m literally building a factory in the US and all the machines I already purchased just went up in price overnight.

🫠🫠🫠🫠

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twinzerfan@reddit

Sorry to hear that mate

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RIForDIE@reddit

It will "work as intended" which is tanking the economy. They're trying to crash us on purpose.

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JMurdock77@reddit

Crash the economy, buy up everything at fire sale prices, rent our own shit back to us in perpetuity. Sounds about right.

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twinzerfan@reddit

I don’t disagree. Also, watch for all the insider trading

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renegadeindian@reddit

Most of that stuff in brought in do it will simply be in preparation for tariffs. Everything is going that way. Auto parts and insurance is already up. This is all due to dumpster big mouth. We also lost 40 some percent of farm exports for to this mess. That is for 20 years. That’s a big hit to farms. These farms will be lost to bankruptcy

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Narwahl_Whisperer@reddit

My car insurance basically doubled.

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jwilens@reddit

Maybe the DUI had something to do with it. LOL

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traveledhermit@reddit

And bought up by wall street, foreign despots, and our billionaire class for pennies on the dollar, all according to plan.

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Spiritual_Pilot_7249@reddit

the wrong people are seizing the means of production

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CCrabtree@reddit

My car insurance went up and in the explanation it said, "in anticipation of increased costs."

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wftango@reddit

Only lost forever to the people who have actually toiled on them for decades. The venture capitalists and shareholders will have unbelievable gains.

https://civileats.com/2024/09/18/jd-vance-invested-in-acretrader-heres-why-that-matters/

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NetFu@reddit

If you're just thinking this now, you've missed the boat. Ever since the day after Trump was elected, we've been stockpiling common items, of course within the shelf life.

The main thing you should have been doing since then is not spending money on pointless stockpiling or other pointless discretionary spending.

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RedneckvsFascism@reddit

Finally. I can point to something concrete and look smugly at my husband after five months of prepping against his skeptical side-eye.

Unfortunately, I hate that I was right.

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W0rkUpnotD0wn@reddit

Make sure you thank anyone you know that voted Republican. They voted for this!

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Maleficent-Map-8405@reddit

This is actually good for the planet. Just reduce consumption by 20% across the board. Reduce !Reuse! Then recycle. Aluminum and steel tariffs raise prices on recycling stocks.
We don’t need to buy new clothing that ends up in landfills a few months later.
So there are hidden benefits that he didn’t intend.
Start calling them the environmental protection groups. gif

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giftedbutloco@reddit

Fear mongering

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That_Lore_Guy@reddit

He’s not wrong. The paint industry is already starting to jack up the prices and claiming it’s because of the tariffs on steel. Because paying .10 cents more on a steel can justifies a $3-10 price increase for the final product…

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dkstr419@reddit

TIL that my 3 sheets of plywood in the garage is now my retirement plan.

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Thigmotropism2@reddit

Tell Nucor - they, a domestic company, are up more than 20% since the election.

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carnevoodoo@reddit

Oh yeah. What do know? (I read your source and we are cooked.)

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Thigmotropism2@reddit

https://www.nucornow.com/home - their price portal

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floyd616@reddit

Because paying .10 cents more on a steel can justifies a $3-10 price increase for the final product…

Heck, if the steel tariffs were that big of an issue for them, you'd think they would just switch to aluminum cans!

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That_Lore_Guy@reddit

That’s the best part, some of the companies are switching to plastic cans, but still raising the prices.

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jessmartyr@reddit

Same with HVAC and plumbing supplies. Many products already had a 20% increase last month. Customers can’t afford to support more price increases. We are rapidly approaching a dangerous cliff here.

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chappychap1234@reddit

I work for a smaller plumbing company and am biting my nails. It's slowing down substantially, and people are beginning to really penny pinch.

I'm terrified we are going to have to roll back or close shop by the time Trumps term is up.

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jessmartyr@reddit

I own a smaller HVAC company. Ditto all of the above. I had people using space heaters all winter because they couldn’t swing a 1k repair and couldn’t get financing, had no credit.

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traveledhermit@reddit

Just when I’m finally in a position to start building my “retirement cabin” in the deep deep woods. Feeling much less excited and more deeply stressed out than I would have expected to be at this stage of my apocalypse prepping tbh.

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marvelladybug@reddit

During covid there were at least 4-5 price increases of 15-20% each time on HVAC equipment.

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jessmartyr@reddit

I’m unfortunately very aware. Since 2019 my equipment and material costs have near tripled. It was already expected to go up this year because of the new refrigerant adding tariffs on top is going to be brutal af.

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marvelladybug@reddit

It’s absolutely wild. But the cycle continues, people finance their installs all the time and will still be paying off that unit by the time it goes out in 8-10 years because the quality is in the toilet

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Oolongteabagger2233@reddit

We jumped off that cliff in November. You're just in free fall right now

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jessmartyr@reddit

I would argue we jumped off the affordability cliff a couple years ago personally. The cliff we jumped off in November is a different kind of cliff.

Thing is people have been fudging their way through the affordability issue by using credit and now they are running out of that option at the same time that all this tariff crap is jacking up prices even higher. It’s kind of a perfect storm.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

We are over the cliff. We are just the coyote figuring out we no longer have ground under us any more.

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Glad-Marionberry-634@reddit

Our company is freaking about about having to buy new laptops, definitely should've put orders in a few months ago but oh well.

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sw4llyk4g@reddit

I sell bread to stores.. even before all this (it’s not related) we jumped up the price of buns by about 30cents each 8 pack. The big box stores (excluding Walmart, they generally keep their prices in line) raised them by like 80-90 cents. This is going to work the same way. 10% on supply side is 30% for the demand side.

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ruat_caelum@reddit

Its oppertunity costs. Less steel is getting in. It can go in products A B and C. If profits on making A and B are higher than C (paint cans) Then either the profit to make C has to match A & B (e.g. cost of C goes up) or no one makes C because they get X profit from A & B and would lose money on C.

While there are 100% grifts and corruption happening, it's not simple 7th grade economics we are dealing with. Everything will go up in price because of tariffs. For legit reasons.

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That_Lore_Guy@reddit

Oh I get that, but having seen the greed 1st hand working through the pandemic and “shortages” the cost of paint industry just those 4 years went up 200%. It never went down even after the shortages stopped, also companies were bragging about record profits after nearly doubling the cost of every product in a single year.

Corporate Greed is a major factor for the increases, most of the shortage costs are just gaslighting.

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NottaLottaOcelot@reddit

Why not replenish at a local store that provides good working conditions and wages for its employees and contributes to your community?

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Agitated-Score365@reddit

The worst place I have ever worked was a local store. It was my happy place before I started there and it was the most petty, clique ridden, nightmare I have ever experienced. And they intrinsically price gauge.

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Self-Loathe-American@reddit

I’m all for supporting local businesses, but in my experience, working for small businesses has always been far worse than working for a larger corporation. Every small business owner I’ve experienced has micromanaged, tried their hardest to skirt labor laws, pay issues, no insurance, no 401K, will fire you for absolutely no reason, etc.

In contrast, every larger company I have worked at has been the complete opposite. Sure, you’re just a soulless cog in a gigantic corporate machine, but these places actually try to adhere to basic labor laws, offer insurance options, have retirement plans, and so on.

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NottaLottaOcelot@reddit

I am sorry to hear that. Unfortunately shitty employers come in all shapes and sizes

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Money_Star2489@reddit (OP)

MC said "or". No need to buy at Walmart.

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NottaLottaOcelot@reddit

He said “or big box retailer”. It’s not like buying from Amazon or Target is supporting any better conditions.

If you have the option, choose your local mom and pop shop or the makers at your local farmers markets.

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TheOneTonWanton@reddit

Most places in the US don't have mom and pop shops selling basics anymore. They've already been driven out, often decades ago already. High population centers/cities, sure, but most places the only mom and pop shops still around are for specialty or custom goods, which isn't the focus here.

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Truth. I'm in a very rural area and on a fixed income. My options are limited to Walmart, Amazon, Grocery Outlet or Raley's. Raley's is overpriced and I only buy sale items there. Walmart has consistent items at the lowest prices. I gotta make my dollars stretch. 🤷‍♂️

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Money_Star2489@reddit (OP)

He's a billionaire at last. Doubt he does his shopping by himself. He gives his assistant his shopping lists and gets it done.

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fromcj@reddit

Probably because most local places wouldn’t carry the volume needed to support a group of people doing this.

Shop local, support small businesses whenever possible.

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DemoteMeDaddy@reddit

got it just dont be poor 🙄

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Secret_Ad2958@reddit

Because people already can’t afford the groceries at Walmart.

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bappabooey@reddit

Dammit I should have sprung for the deluxe package bunker. Nah but in all seriousness I am very concerned.

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mediocre_remnants@reddit

Stores won't wait until they have to "replenish inventory" before raising prices. Also, stores have been raising prices since COVID. I feel like the person who posted this just hasn't been paying attention to grocery prices and they have no idea how grocery stores handle inventory and pricing.

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fromcj@reddit

So your argument is that places aren’t going to raise prices?

Or do you agree that things are cheaper now than they will likely be in a few weeks?

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mediocre_remnants@reddit

Stores will raise prices, but they aren't going to wait until they order more inventory. Stores can adjust prices instantly now, it's not like the 1980s where they had to manually put new price tags on everything. At places like Walmart and large grocery chains, prices are set by the central office and take effect in all stores immediately.

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koshida@reddit

Bluth answer

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Kjs1108@reddit

Kinda weird this is coming from a Cuban. Why would he care what happens to us. He sounds like a decent person but are there ulterior motives?

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HunterSharp619@reddit

:/

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OneMadChihuahua@reddit

oh that's just great. Let's induce panic buying for the masses. Nothing bad comes of that.

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ameriCANCERvative@reddit

If you want to blame someone for inducing panic buying, you should probably point to the guy that just imposed tariffs on all of the country’s trade. Posts like this are a symptom, not the cause.

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Money_Star2489@reddit (OP)

Tomorrow prices will be probably fine. In a week, not so. You heard it first.

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kalitarios@reddit

Lol. From you? We already knew it

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turnup_for_what@reddit

What he's suggesting is exactly what makes inflation worse.

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totpot@reddit

The panic buying is already happening.

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Proletariat-Prince@reddit

People all over the place are coming to this concussion on their own already.

There have been accusations of this happening since before the tariffs were first put in place, companies were accused of raising prices preemptively.

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autumndrifting@reddit

give me a reason not to kms tonight

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Kenyanr1@reddit

Responsible people are always prepared. Next

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This_Ad_2374@reddit

If your prepping at day 0, your a little too late.

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ja_feel@reddit

you're

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G36@reddit

Anybody wise enough to finally get it still has a great chance, people won't panic buy for a long time they'll just keep paying higher prices until they break. So, tomorrow morning is a great time to start.

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PolarBearOnWeed@reddit

Best day to start your prep was yesterday. The second best day is today

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Rasalom@reddit

Next best day? Tomorrow.

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Gygax_the_Goat@reddit

BINGO

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seth928@reddit

Even if prepping yesterday was better than prepping today, prepping today will still be better than prepping tomorrow.

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Money_Star2489@reddit (OP)

Better prep on 0 than on 14.

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hellure@reddit

They will probably gouge too, but also they already load balance. Some stuff costs a lot more than it needs to, because other stuff is sold a very low profit margins.

They'll likely lift all prices a bit but maybe jack up some high tariff stuff more. Especially if there are lower cost alternatives that are equivalent.

Local cheeses, meats, vegetables, fruit, and grain based goods will likely stay reasonable. Just focus on buying those.

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LeviathanL0bsterGod@reddit

Maybe avoid the walmart... didn't they kinda push for this

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Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit

Well their whole business model is based on buying cheap Chinese goods and selling at a markup. Not sure how that works now

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_jump_yossarian@reddit

The fanta menace will rescind the tariffs by Monday and claim victory!

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koshida@reddit

I'm more worried about prices of perishables more than anything else really, considering:

1) the assault on immigrants (all of our farm, and meat and seafood processing labor),

2) the absurd TAKING BACK of already allocated and promised funds for farmers (USAID grants and subsidies) - some domestic farms are already going bankrupt as a result or have been unable to plant/prep sufficiently in Spring for later harvests,

3) tariff/trade threats on Mexico (all the produce we get from them); also fyi, all of our fertilizer comes from Canada, and I'm sure most animal feed is imported as well; also tariffs on steel and such will def affect farm equipment costs, which are already very expensive; and cost of debt for loans on these will remain high as interest rates are going to stay up as long as inflation is bad, which is going to be as long as we have tariffs...gov't loans, grants, and subsidies used to be a crucial way to fund these big purchases before they gutted this essential funding...

4) then there's the avian flu wrecking the poultry industry - this is NOT limited to birds, it is also transmitted to certain mammals like cows and cats (and we know how they're handling disease outbreak prevention and response nowadays...this could get worse for other species) - another reason to NOT ever get raw milk, and look out for your pets, what you are feeding them. Bird flu will kill cats.

5) ....also heads up, the other place we get almost all our produce from is CA's 'salad bowl of the country/world,' which has had repeated lithium ion battery factory fires that have dumped toxic heavy metals all over the region. Since this regime has gutted every protective regulatory/oversight agency we have, you should know they are not going to make sure any of that produce or farmland soil is safe for production and consumption before selling it. Remediation would require 2-3yrs of foregone revenue streams and further inputs (like growing remediation crops like hemp, sunflowers for multiple rounds to filter the soil, and then properly disposing of those crops), so that is not happening. The farmers there have been screaming about it but few are listening to them. Without govt intervention they won't have a choice but to sell it or go bankrupt kind of situation. And the govt is letting that lithium ion battery company be responsible for their own policing and cleanup. So yeah, I won't trust any produce from this region for several years now I don't think. Status Coup is one independent outlet that has some footage and coverage on it you can check out.

6) Really not trying to terrify everyone completely, only sufficiently warn you so you can try to prepare as best you can, but bee colony collapse is the worst this year that it's ever been from what I've read, and this is quite likely to induce a food crisis for all animal-pollinated crops and their downstream products. This is largely caused by pollution, pesticide use, climate change, and destruction of natural habitat. Under this regime, those things will all only get worse, at the same time that science and research agencies that have previously helped protect us from such threats are eliminated. Also I doubt our govt is still supporting beekeepers and the like. There are also pollinators other than honeybees that are under threat.

Moral of the story is, Now is the best time to start a home veggie garden!! You can also learn how to can/jar your excess production! Buy a book on homesteading, you'll learn a lot, and it might help quell some anxiety to learn some tools at your disposal, if nothing else! I like to have hardcopies of things like that in case power is not always available. and the easiest way to eat local is buying in season! Download a chart/calendar of what's in season when for your area. Hit the farmer's markets, sign up for a local CSA, etc. I also stocked up on things like dried staples like rice and beans in case things get really bad, I can rely on things like that for a very long time when the garden isn't productive at least! Just keep a bunch of spices so it doesn't get too dreary and monotonous. And grow perennial herbs! Good luck everyone!!! Be safe, and stick together with your neighbors, that helps too!

-just some friendly advice from a master gardener

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FrogNuggits@reddit

Sutton's Daze is an excellent YouTube channel for learning how to pressure canning.

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semigloss6539@reddit

Any homesteading books you recommend?

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koshida@reddit

Yeah! For broad overview I like Homesteading and Back to Basics by Abigail Gehring, but I’m sure there are a bunch of good ones out there.

I have a ton of gardening books so that’s a little too hard to choose, but I think the most useful ones are on permaculture and those specifically addressing your region/locality, like native plants, what you can grow there and when, and even plant ID and foraging guides. For free, local resources and guides, also check out your state university home and garden/ master gardener extension online.

There’s also books that dive into preservation methods in more detail - canning, drying, curing, pickling, fermenting. If you want more recipe ideas and stuff those are great . On YouTube there’s some fun content producers like @blackforager and @spicymustache for tips and tricks, @paragraphic has neat mini docus on ppl doing all kinds of awesome stuff, and rn @togetherwegrow has me wanting to try aqua or hydroponics next! He’s also got great info if you live in a desert area.

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semigloss6539@reddit

Awesome. Thank you!!! Will check these out. 🥰

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koshida@reddit

And there’s pretty good apps out there these days to help with gardening if that’s more your thing. I use PictureThis to keep track of a lot of my plants and their care schedules (this isn’t super necessary I’m just pretty extra about it lol), but there’s some more specifically oriented to vegetable growing too.

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Helicopterdrifter@reddit

It looks as though a lot of folks here are stewing in the same sauce, so allow me to sprinkle in a little devil's advocate for variety.

Assuming that Mark Cuban actually said this, who is that again? Oh, right, a business tycoon whose work involves selling you things. So when a Mark-Cuban-adjacent individual tells you to buy something, in this case "anything you can find storage space for," they are at work doing their job. They are not some good Samaritan looking out for your well-being. Do you really think that MARK CUBAN cares about your toothpaste supply? Come on, bro. You're better than that.

Next, think about any significant storm forecast ever. It doesn't matter if it's wind, water, snow or whatever. If there's some potentially looming threat, what happens? A bunch of people run to their "local Wal-Mart or big box retailer (curious how he ommited local small businesses)" and they buy out all of the bread, water, and toilet paper. It doesn't really matter how credible the storm is, demand skyrockets and supply plummets. The result is that these same retailers hike up the prices for those that didn't make a run on the store.

Tariffs are just the flavor of the week when it comes to local storm predictions. And you want to know the kicker? These people that listen to billionaires, like Mark Cuban, and take their word as gospel, what happens next? Supply goes down, prices go up, and Mark Cuban gets to stand in front of all his lemmings, saying, "Look! You see? Tariffs!"

Meanwhile, he enjoys a spike in income because for all of those things he suggested you buy, all of the business money was already spent on them, so they just need them to sell in order to capture the profits. Then, he can use his revenue spike to pay Tariffs and adjust pricing upward on new shipments.

That being said, if you give his statement another look, another way of saying the same thing is this:

DANCE, MONKEY! DANCE!

Then again, I'm simply playing devil's advocate, so I'm inclined to agree with you. 😇

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AgentCarbine@reddit

How they hiked the price of literally everything and blamed it on supply issues because of “covid”. After covid got under control, prices remained the same because John consumer will still pay.

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StrudelCutie1@reddit

And only possible because reserve production capacity has been destroyed by mergers. Democrats share the blame for ignoring antitrust for a generation.

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Do_The_Floof@reddit

I do need to replenish my soap and deodorant stockpile. I don't really brush my teeth so toothpaste isn't a big concern. 😆

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Shockingelectrician@reddit

You don’t brush your teeth?

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Do_The_Floof@reddit

Nope!

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Gott_ist_tot@reddit

Is that actually you?

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Do_The_Floof@reddit

I'm actually pretty handsome minus the teeth. I'll be beating em off me with a stick once I get a new set of chompers. 😆

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breaknomore@reddit

Even if you already have cavities and missing teeth, you should brush and floss the ones you do have!! Keep those bottom chompers working well and healthy!

If this is too personal, please ignore, but are the top ones painful? Are you able to receive dental care?

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Do_The_Floof@reddit

Naaaaa I don't give a shit. They're all coming out. Top and bottom. And yeah they hurt like a mfer! 😆 But I can't afford to fix em just quite yet but I'm working on it. It's crazy........I can go get a $30k loan RIGHT NOW to buy a car but CARE CREDIT won't give me anything to fix my teeth. Lol

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RedPlaidPierogies@reddit

Teeth = Luxury Bones.

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Do_The_Floof@reddit

I was undisciplined with oral health. Went to prison and had a front tooth with a root canal so it was super brittle. Coward hit me on the basketball court and knocked it out. I stopped caring after that one went, the rest followed.

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breaknomore@reddit

Healthcare/dental care in the US is absolutely bonkers. Maybe you should get the loan, buy something to then sell, and then use that $ for the dental 🤣

BUT bacteria from the mouth can get into the bloodstream and be bad for your whole body, so please take care of yourself! You seem to have a great attitude (and captivating eyes!) and I wish you all the best.

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Do_The_Floof@reddit

Yeah my eyes are pretty cool. Like 5% of people in the world have hazel eyes.......🥰 Lol And yeah I gargle mouthwash and peroxide every now and then. Lol I should be able to get these suckers fixed in another couple years.

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Neverstopstopping82@reddit

Uhhh

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PolarBearOnWeed@reddit

Hah that requires money the masses probably don’t have these days

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Agitated-Score365@reddit

Dear god - I am hoping it’s a joke.

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lizziewizzieRN@reddit

Been prepping for 6 years. Everyone laughed at my son's "conspiracy theories", but I listened. Thank God.

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Afraid_Whole1871@reddit

When you go through your 100 rolls of paper towels, they'll be waiting for you at $7 a roll anyway. What's the point of stocking up if it never blows over?

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NotDinahShore@reddit

The posting alluding to Mark Cuban has been deleted. I don’t see where he has said what was quoted here originally. The “Sh!T’s getting real.” post above is deleted at its source. FYI

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Dry_Vacation_6750@reddit

I've been panic buying stuff since January. My favorite retailers are based in Canada and the UK so I've been buying stuff just to have in case.

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left62asw@reddit

id really recommend you guys to start building local gardens in your suburbs, can really help with costs

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Lazy_Department1234@reddit

I don’t believe Cuban said this. If he did he is full of crap.

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sportsbunny33@reddit

Not everyone has storage in their house/ apartment or extra funds to stock up on things unfortunately

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oldcreaker@reddit

They're likely jacking up prices on current inventory now.

Don't buy - anything. Of course there will be must haves like food, but commit to buying nothing new for a year. Buy used. Join "Buy Nothing" groups. Sell or make what you have and don't want or need available to those who will.

The way to not pay tariffs is to not pay for things.

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PM_ME_Happy_Thinks@reddit

I noticed some of our common Walmart grocery items have already been raised between 12 and 19% just from our last order less than a week ago to tonight.

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Spiritual_Pilot_7249@reddit

maybe rent things instead of buying

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PokeyDiesFirst@reddit

I’ll be buying used equipment for awhile it looks like.

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nyc_nudist_bwc@reddit

Yea bro everyone has tons of money lying around for that. FUCK ALL BILLIONAIRE DETACHED FROM REALITY IDEAS. The most delusional god complex fucking bullshit I’ve ever seen.

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Jetfire911@reddit

He's not wrong

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Capital_Push5557@reddit

Only time in my life im happy my wife buys lots of consumables like toothpaste and such.

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IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE@reddit

People are already feeling an immense financial crunch. It going up even more? Shit will start to snap.

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stout_ale@reddit

Car dealerships are already doing it around here on cars that have been sitting on the lot since last year. Jumped 15k and up in a week.

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GiveMeNews@reddit

Too late, prices are already pumping. I looked at a new grill last week at Lowe's for $400. Checked the price today, it is now $450.

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MetalHeadJoe@reddit

Gasp!!! But tarrifs are gonna make us all rich...

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SirFiletMignon@reddit

Oh, it's going to make a select few filthy rich.

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galtright@reddit

Also, buy the dip.

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kalitarios@reddit

Bean dip?

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tiredtotalk@reddit

TY. It is. The EU put out an emergency crisis alert advising all Europeans stock up on water, food to be ready for power outage...idk why and THAT scares me. if actual war is coming, its bc of 47. the USA is alone in the world. we tried and prayed and jfc he’s fucked up the USA burned every bridges to everyone on Earth. good luck and be well ✨🇨🇦♥️

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chillandforget@reddit

Why? This makes no sense.

Ohhh right, I'm in Canada. Good luck lads.

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samnaka566@reddit

How about you don't buy, and watch those corporations forced to lower prices, or they force Trump to remove the tariffs before the economy collapses further, they can't bail out every corporation this time

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SoggeeTissue@reddit

I don’t agree with them on this because in 30 days they’ll take away the tariffs and then say look how good we’re doing

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Inevitable_Snap_0117@reddit

Has anyone verified this is really Mark Cuban’s account? I’m not disagreeing with him. I just need to know he actually said it before I send it to my parents.

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missbwith2boys@reddit

it is.

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knife_edge_rusty@reddit

He knows because that's what he does

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PincheCabronWay@reddit

5 finger discount man. They wana jack up prices for their profits. Im going to take their profits.

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Neverstopstopping82@reddit

Hope they don’t send you to El Salvador

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PincheCabronWay@reddit

My Mom will protect me bud.

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Haikuunamatata@reddit

I am with you in spirit, but its become soo much riskier with ai and shit. Godspeed, friend.

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Zealous03@reddit

Best part is that they will only get more and more expensive and the prices will never drop

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lil_internn@reddit

Prices don’t go down outside of gas and commodities everything else raises and stays

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JohnnyD423@reddit

Why did you replace the I in shit with an exclamation point? Is it a rule for crossposting to copy the title exactly?

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lefteyedcrow@reddit

Been doing this since the election.

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Bitter_Emphasis_2683@reddit

Smart money says he has invested a chunk into Walmart.

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Equivalent-Buyer-841@reddit

Was in Walmart right now. In 30 minutes saw at least four or five people buying 70 inch TV. Well at least they get to watch the collapse in high def

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HoppyToadHill@reddit

He’s right. Corporations are certain to do this just as they did and blame everything on “supply chain issues” even years after COVID. Greedflation.

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Unrefinedk1d@reddit

I’m grabbing some more toilet paper

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presidentiallogin@reddit

If he thought this was a good idea, he'd buy a warehouse to resell those goods to you later. He just doesn't want more of a recession.

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Tasty-Fig-459@reddit

I'm not a prepper but I already knew this... been stockpiling this crap for three months for exactly this scenario. Got the last of my Container Store impulse buys out of my system and filled all my bathroom shelves with everything I need for at least a year.

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myronsnila@reddit

So, it’s time for everyone ent cut back. Only buy what you really need, use cash, buy local, buy used.

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James_Hoxworth@reddit

Isn’t Mark Cuban the guy that said we should lower the minimum wage?

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Fee123@reddit

In flay shun inc

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AdditionalFix5007@reddit

I did this 5 months ago. Time to pop some of the popcorn in my stash.

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bellj1210@reddit

gotta make sure that your stash stays up to date- always cycle things out before they go bad- so store what you eat and eat what you store.

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Ancient_1935@reddit

Glad I’m not the only one who preps popcorn lol

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Lazy-Floridian@reddit

Damn, I forgot the popcorn.

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AdditionalFix5007@reddit

Amateur

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Lazy-Floridian@reddit

I'm so embarrassed.

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TheKay14@reddit

Panic buying doesn’t help anyone

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Notherereallyhere@reddit

U.S.: People of all parties are encouraged to contact their Representatives and express their opinions at: U.S. Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121

You may also contact the White House at: https://www.usa.gov/agencies/white-house

Or at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

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bonerb0ys@reddit

USA business is not made up of good people, they are not your friends.

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Vegetaman916@reddit

The good news is that boosters who shoplift for resale on eBay/Amazon will see an increase in profits as prices rise...

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burnt_out_dev@reddit

cool... lets just start panic runs again.. I love it when I can't buy toilet paper.

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Longjumping-Ad514@reddit

After decades of corporate consolidation - yeah prices ain’t going down

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SparrowValentinus@reddit

It's not TikTok dude. You can type "shit". The swear police will not suddenly appear and whap you with the naughty stick.

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SadThrowaway2023@reddit

I really hope people don't start panic buying TP again

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ManagementAromatic95@reddit

Haha one of the dumbest sharks that got made a fool of on national television and you taking advice from him 🤣 😂 😆

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IamNotIncluded@reddit

Mark Cuban is 100% correct. Even if things are made in America their price will increase to be just under the price of the foreign made counterpart.

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2A_in_CA@reddit

We’ve been saying this for years in prepping circles and now because Cuban says something we’re supposed to pay attention? Oh well I suppose if this is what it takes for some to wake up that’s good.

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Thigmotropism2@reddit

Well yeah - domestic steelmaker Nucor raised prices more than 20% on tariff SENTIMENT.

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lizardrekin@reddit

Galen is already hiking prices as we speak

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lizardrekin@reddit

Oh this isn’t a Canadian sub. Well if you’re Canadian my comment will apply ctfu

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Observer_of-Reality@reddit

Well, it turns out that the shit may "hit the fan" after all.

How does everyone feel when it may be DELIBERATELY CAUSED BY A "REPUBLICAN" when all those people were saying that it was the Democrats that hated America????

All to make sure the billionaires got another whopping tax cut.

Every accusation was always a confession.

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Improving_Myself_@reddit

Good message overall, but toothpaste is a bad example.

People overuse toothpaste to a crazy degree because they put an amount on their toothbrush comparable to what is shown in the commercials, which is WAY more than you need. Like this could easily be over a month's worth of toothpaste that is displayed as being an normal for one use. It isn't. It's a marketing tactic to get you to overuse the product when you don't need to.

One travel size toothpaste should last you a year to a year and a half. So considering that dentists give those out for free when you get a cleaning, and you should be getting a cleaning every six months, toothpaste is free. Obviously some people need specialty toothpaste and that's fine. But for those that don't need specialty toothpaste, the toothpaste budget should be $0.

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PlayNicePlayCrazy@reddit

Too late I guarantee prices are already going up as we speak.

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Beaucfuz@reddit

The sky is falling! Lol

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Mobe-E-Duck@reddit

I often ask why doesn’t mark cuban run for office? His best business is benevolent AND profitable.

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ZadfrackGlutz@reddit

Bag of 25lb beans went up 2 bucks in one day... Beans never really go up....not noticbly

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jafromnj@reddit

He’s absolutely 100

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Few-Education-5613@reddit

Canadians chuckling...

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Master_Gargoyle@reddit

well he is not wrong. and its rare they lower the prices once you get used to them.

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PUNd_it@reddit

Acting like storage space is the issue and not money is hilariously frustrating

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randskarma@reddit

I thought when bill clinton said "I did not have sex with that woman" it was the most embarrassing scandal of our government. That's a bedtime story compared to this dumpster fire....

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Harrison_w1fe@reddit

This person is claiming to be a genius investor but doesn't understand demand pull inflation.

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MountainGal72@reddit

Triple stacked more cleaning supplies today! Last minute addition to our already super deep pantry.

Oh! And coffee. Several more canisters of coffee were added today, too.

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Frudays@reddit

Hedging!

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Headrush86@reddit

Cuban's not wrong but there's more to it than corporate greed. As the price for imported products goes up, demand for domestically produced (non-tariffed) goods will go up. This demand begins to outpace domestic supply, and prices go up on US produced items. This is not a win-win. This is a lose-lose for the consumer.

But that's that 4D chess thing and Donny is playing tiddly winks.

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boots_and_cats_and-@reddit

Reddit 🤝🏻inciting un-hinged panic

You guys didn’t learn anything during Covid, did you?

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Unleashed-9160@reddit

They did this last time....people have the shortest memory/attention span.

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callforspooky@reddit

Ah yes Mark Cuban one of the common folk who feels our plight

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PokeyDiesFirst@reddit

Right, he only opened an online pharmacy to cut down the insane prices of medications everyday people need, essentially giving a middle finger to the profiteers embedded within the pharmaceutical industry.

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Defender_IIX@reddit

No?

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TurboWalrus007@reddit

Yes go buy shit, you owe it to your corporate overlords.

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Wooden_Echidna1234@reddit

Just like the pandemic the billionaires will get rich and blame everything but their greed.

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Just_enough76@reddit

Time to figure out how to install my bidet

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Mdmrtgn@reddit

Yeah I'm buying ammo. It seems to be more important right now.

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Duo-lava@reddit

this country is getting the president it deserves. a selfish me me me at the cost of the world population. whos only care is how cheap their next iphone is and whos in the next marvel movie. wich company sold the most candy in halloween. wich brand makes the videogame. a population who cared more about haircuts than grandma and grandpa. who cares more about hearing about a bully than the act of bullying.

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Sudden-Ad-1217@reddit

Jokes on them, we don’t eat toilet paper

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D4UOntario@reddit

Stock up your maple syrup now!

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StructureFrequent774@reddit

100% going to happen

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ShredGuru@reddit

I love that a billionaire is reminding us that billionaires are greedy scum. Thanks Marc, we know.

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stewartm0205@reddit

Mark, they repriced it today. It’s too late.

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Adorable-Bonus-1497@reddit

Yes they will. Higher profits=Higher Dividends.

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pathf1nder00@reddit

But don't buy it on credit card if you can't pay it off. The GOP reversed consumer protections too.

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RepresentativeCup902@reddit

Hope u guys been brushing up on your shoplifting skills

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Key-Caregiver-2155@reddit

Ain't that the truth. They've probably already bumped their prices in anticipation.

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Templar-of-Faith@reddit

Orrrr orrr hear me out....

We stop washing and stuff to the point that they will give away this stuff bc of the smell???

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Deathglass@reddit

Guess we're all filling up on toilet paper again

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Lukabear83@reddit

And if you like paycheck to paycheck like most of us?

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actuallycloudstrife@reddit

Literally just amounts to 10% tariffs. So realistically, some dollars and cents more per month. US is thankfully very strong consumer base so they will still spend and it’ll be fine even if the prices go up so it’s like a higher tax for us. That’s still going to be a good thing for us.

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AdmTaco@reddit

Mark Cuban if you really said that you are an idiot. Stop creating hysteria. Yes it's smart to have supply on hand , NO it won't be enough to beat inflation you dufus!

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Master_Income_8991@reddit

Make it 10x worse with this one crazy trick!

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melowdout@reddit

Publix would nev… oh crap!

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OkStill9918@reddit

I wonder what other names Mark Chabenisky thought about changing his jewish last name to before settling on Cuban.

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Lyraxiana@reddit

Not another artificial toilet paper shortage....

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MiniJunkie@reddit

COVID toilet paper 2.0

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Soci3talCollaps3@reddit

Or don't stock up and cut back on use, wherever possible . Join the national strike, even lightly, and6Let their sales suffer along with all the mega corps.

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koshida@reddit

yeah but WALMART is the last one we should be pumping up for a bajillion reasons...I look everywhere else first....also they started switching to digital price tags awhile ago so they can continually ramp up prices instantly with no downtime in order to exploit these kinds of situations...I'd check Costco first at least (also just an FYI that Sam's Club is also Walmart)

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