This spike could be caused by two things: Tarriffs, of course, is one. The other might well be the lack of labor to harvest your veggies. That, too, drives costs.
A little chart tracking the cost of vegetables; I think this justifies an ‘are you better off than you were a year ago?’
August 15, 2025 by tomaswell
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MAGAs are apparently immune to the very inflation they so much wanted relief from. I will admit I am not. I have seen the price to the goods and services I use increase by up to 100% in recent months and I notice the impact on my budget every day. I realize there are many reasons, but our esteemed leader promised to give us some relief and I have noted NONE. Gasoline is only lower because the supply outpaces the demand, despite President Trump’s effort to eliminate as much competition to oil and gas as he possibly can while promising we will “drill, baby, drill” whether we need to or not. Meantime, we just wasted whatever it cost to fly him and his entourage to Anchorage for a meeting that seemed to accomplish nothing other than bolstering the power of the world’s richest oligarch and authoritarian. What a country.