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Here’s what your guacamole — and other groceries — would cost if we had a Mexico border tax
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| ELIZABETH KOH
Posted on 01/28/2017 8:37:37 PM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson
I’m more worried about the prices of almonds and walnuts going through the roof for the sake of a couple of fish in a river near San Francisco.
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posted on
01/29/2017 4:08:42 AM PST
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
To: CodeToad
——Takis is only consumed by the illegals.——
LOL....
Having been in the snack business, that’s not true.
Hispanics do eat them more than any other group, but it’s not limited to illegals...
They are way to spicy for my tastes...
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posted on
01/29/2017 4:10:33 AM PST
by
Popman
To: A_perfect_lady
No, what happens is that you find cheaper alternatives that did not come from Mexico. This is the correct answer.
To: SJackson
What about Kalifornia avocados? A lot of the things we import from Mexico can be grown here by American farmers. Plus, we don’t have to bump up the tax on foodstuffs.....they assume it has to be uniform in order to make their meme work.
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posted on
01/29/2017 4:20:14 AM PST
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: Nifster
Florida has avacados the size of a football that taste fantastic
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posted on
01/29/2017 4:26:56 AM PST
by
Figment
To: bigbob
Tecate for me.
It’s $7.50 cheaper per case than Corona.
To: SJackson
I don't think he's talking about taxing everything coming in from Mexico, he wants to tax US owned manufacturing products that are manufactured off shore, then shipped back to the USA, cutting out an American worker.
Mark Levin is ranting that we, the purchasers, will pay the tax. No we won't, because we won't buy a product that costs 20% more. We will buy a product made in the USA that doesn't have the tax.
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posted on
01/29/2017 4:53:31 AM PST
by
ThePatriotsFlag
( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
To: Scott from the Left Coast
The price just needs to be high enough that Americans can make a profit and we’ll see allot of used to be Mexican only produce and products produced here in the US. Same thing as oil, get the per barrel price high enough and we drill like crazy.
To: SJackson
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:00:56 AM PST
by
Jed Eckert
( " President Trump"....I love it when a plan comes together :)
To: Daffynition
I have fresh garlic every year from a very small area. Pull the plants when the stalk dry down to the bulbs. Keep the large bulbs for cooking and break up the smaller bulb and throw them back in the dirt. Planted one bulb 7 years ago and they just keep coming up.
To: Graybeard58
Deep south Texas has a few producing banana tree’s.
To: SJackson
I avoid imported food items for cesspool nations at all costs anyways.
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:12:19 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: SJackson
Well I am here to tell you what about all that imported Mexican goods we see in the super markets. These wetbacks are really going to get hit hard and I for one will be glad to see it.
Maybe once this aisle is so overpriced it will make room for more AMERICAN PRODUCE.
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:20:44 AM PST
by
eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
To: NTHockey
Not an issue for me....I refuse to buy produce that is not grown in the US
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:35:45 AM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Dusty Road
I firmly believe that the soil I have is from Chernobyl. [no matter what I *add* to it]. My onions failed last year too.
Thank goodness for farmers markets. In my dreams....
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:40:20 AM PST
by
Daffynition
( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The MLN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
To: central_va
Exactly why Hot Sauce was invented.
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:43:24 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
( Poor demoncrats haven't been this mad, since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
To: SJackson
Buy avacados from Colombia...they are better. Colombia is pro American and very pro Trump! I know because I’m currently in Colombia!
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posted on
01/29/2017 5:52:17 AM PST
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
To: mrsmith
Saying consumers will pay ALL of the tax is as silly as saying the consumer will pay NONE of the tax. And basing the tax on an inflated retail price rather than the wholesale import cost. In the case of a reporter it's not silly, it's incompetence. Or deliberate deception.
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posted on
01/29/2017 6:05:13 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
To: FlyFisher
Saying consumers will pay ALL of the tax is as silly as saying the consumer will pay NONE of the tax. If Trump said the tax was going to local school districts "for the children", a common ploy, the media would hate that too.
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posted on
01/29/2017 6:06:39 AM PST
by
SJackson
(The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
To: SJackson
And basing the tax on an inflated retail price rather than the wholesale import cost. In the case of a reporter it's not silly, it's incompetence. Or deliberate deception. I'm going with deception.
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