• Blackout@fedia.io
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    8 hours ago

    Those tariffs did exactly what they were supposed to do. Push smaller competitors out of the market and allow price increases from the bigger companies. Even with those tariffs the price from China was still much cheaper, all he did was ramp up inflation. Literally no one won.

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      6 hours ago

      Same thing for the meat processing/packing laws in Denver, meant specifically to drive out a small bit very high quality farm in favor of a massive industrial one. It doesn’t lower prices or increase quality (raises prices and lowers quality overall), it’s just meant to drive out the competition.

    • J'Pol @lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 hours ago

      The whole manufacturing sector is suffering. I don’t see how any blue collar worker in any state can’t recognize that. People just wanted deer season open so they could forget for a couple of months.