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Here’s what your guacamole — and other groceries — would cost if we had a Mexico border tax
Star Telegram ^ | ELIZABETH KOH

Posted on 01/28/2017 8:37:37 PM PST by SJackson

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$3.00 usually buys me a couple avocados, but if it's $3.60, so be it. Never heard of a Takis, don't eat chips, but if I did and was concerned I bet I can find American chips.
1 posted on 01/28/2017 8:37:37 PM PST by SJackson
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I get four for $1 at, wait for it....The Dollar Store....

Great deal on Portabello Mushrooms as well. Two large Shrooms are also a buck....


2 posted on 01/28/2017 8:40:03 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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Personally am not worried at all by this. If i was I would just cut back and eat other things. Marvelous adaptability being an omnivore.


3 posted on 01/28/2017 8:40:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Calufornia avocados taste better anyway


4 posted on 01/28/2017 8:40:35 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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I hate guac. Tax away!

CC


5 posted on 01/28/2017 8:41:09 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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No, what happens is that you find cheaper alternatives that did not come from Mexico.


6 posted on 01/28/2017 8:41:09 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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I eat about two avocados per year. I am more likely to buy one to mash up and use as a face mask than I am to eat it. Though I do like them once in a while. I’ll pay the extra 25 cents.


7 posted on 01/28/2017 8:41:55 PM PST by Ladysforest (Racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia and vulgarity - with just a smattering of threats and violence)
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The Mexican consumer brands Mexicans in the US buy will go up. They will just license the brands and switch production to the US. More winning.


8 posted on 01/28/2017 8:42:02 PM PST by lodi90
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If the price of guacamole goes up, Trump is finished for sure.


9 posted on 01/28/2017 8:42:37 PM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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I eat avocados rarely, don't know what Takis is, grow my own tomatoes and/or buy locally grown ones, don't mind paying more for tomato paste, don't drink beer, and on and on and on.

As far as I'm concerned, President Trump can put a 50% border tax on EVERYTHING coming in from anywhere South of this nation's border.

10 posted on 01/28/2017 8:42:47 PM PST by nopardons
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I try to not eat anything from Mexico.. If veg is from there I pass on it.. Only eat if nothing else is avail.. Besides that their Vegetables are just as high as USA grown.. Somtimes higher..


11 posted on 01/28/2017 8:42:48 PM PST by Davy Crocket
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Funny, I don’t recall media outrage over the burdensome taxes on tobacco products, and sodas placed on consumers by government, whether state, federal, or local.


12 posted on 01/28/2017 8:44:13 PM PST by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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The US produces avocados. Takis is only consumed by the illegals.


13 posted on 01/28/2017 8:44:23 PM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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This has no effect on me!

I don’t buy any produce from Mexico because they allow use of human POO for fertilizer.

Tequila is the worst tasting alcohol in the universe, and I had a high end $50 shot of it and it still tasted like crap. So I stand by this. In a margarita its acceptable.

Corona is the worst tasting beer in the universe, it requires lime to prevent the gag reflex.

There are literally a thousand American beers now thanks to the local brewing revolution, I can drink USA beer and never touch a Mexican beer again.


14 posted on 01/28/2017 8:44:37 PM PST by bigtoona (Make America Great Again! America First!)
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Apparently so-called “progressives” think WE CAN’T DO MATH.


15 posted on 01/28/2017 8:44:43 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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I only buy American organic fruits and vegetables and chips.


16 posted on 01/28/2017 8:44:49 PM PST by conservative98
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That’s fine. We’ll adapt. Guacamole over illegal aliens who dont pay taxes, refuse to speak English and kill American citizens. Decisions, decisions..


17 posted on 01/28/2017 8:45:00 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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Darned tootin’!


18 posted on 01/28/2017 8:45:18 PM PST by nopardons
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The Mexican Peso will certainly drop more than 20%, absorbing the cost of the tarrif.


19 posted on 01/28/2017 8:45:19 PM PST by PUGACHEV
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The only thing anyone cares about is Corona.


20 posted on 01/28/2017 8:45:37 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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