18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump says he plans to enact 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and add to existing tariffs on China on his first day in officewww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1257
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minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 days agoRoma’s $1.25/lb + trump = $1.56/lb Cucumbers .85/ea + trump = $1.06/ea Avocado .99/ea + trump = $1.24/ea Asparagus 2.99/lb + trump = $3.73/lb And that’s at an affordable supermarket. Add 10-15% more for places like walmart, albertsons, kroger, etc.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoDon’t forget to add an extra 25% for all the companies using the tariffs as excuses to raise prices further to extract profit. They did it with covid, they’ll do it again now.
Roma’s $1.25/lb + trump = $1.56/lb Cucumbers .85/ea + trump = $1.06/ea Avocado .99/ea + trump = $1.24/ea Asparagus 2.99/lb + trump = $3.73/lb
And that’s at an affordable supermarket. Add 10-15% more for places like walmart, albertsons, kroger, etc.
Don’t forget to add an extra 25% for all the companies using the tariffs as excuses to raise prices further to extract profit.
They did it with covid, they’ll do it again now.