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What’s Behind America’s Shocking Baby-Formula Shortage?
The Atlantic ^
| May 15, 2022
| Derek Thompson
Posted on 05/15/2022 12:03:59 PM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:03:59 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
The only time I go to the store is when I run out of beer. I’ll have to check the baby aisle to see what’s going on. Boy, if they run out of beer, Houston, we got a problem.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:06:51 PM PDT
by
HighSierra5
(The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
We may have a baby formula shortage, but it is only shocking to people who don’t pay attention and vote demonrat
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:06:57 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: Kaslin
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:07:06 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
To: Kaslin
They found out they can feed it to Joseph Stolen and he won’t spit up?
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:07:19 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Kaslin
In many states, including Texas and Tennessee, more than half of formula is sold out in stores. Nationwide, 40 percent of formula is out of stock
Arizona too but thank God they haven't hit my chocolate ration (yet).
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:07:30 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(leave the gun, take the canolis)
To: Kaslin
Use boob-juice, it’s better for the kid and WAY cheaper.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:07:56 PM PDT
by
JJBookman
("Breast feeding, it's just NOT for me." - American woman )
To: Kaslin
“Three factors are driving the U.S. baby-formula shortage: bacteria, a virus, and a trade policy.…”
Not really true because any of these could be handled in a matter of hours.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:07:56 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
(We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
To: Kaslin
Yeah we can trust a left wing crap rag like the Atlantic to get to the truth.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:08:27 PM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: Kaslin
pete buttigig is behind it- with all his ‘breast feeding’ on his ‘maternity leave’
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:08:30 PM PDT
by
Bob434
(.)
To: HighSierra5
Make your own. It’s a lot easier than breast-feeding.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:09:32 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
To: Kaslin
Is there a trustworthy article somewhere?
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:13:30 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Kaslin
I cannot, in good conscience, give Joe Biden or his regime an “F” for their efforts on this supply chain fiasco.
But that is only because they do not have a “G” or “H” ranking. This is WAY below mere failure, this is malign intent.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:14:27 PM PDT
by
alloysteel
(There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
To: Don Corleone
It has only become apparent in this crisis, but baby-food is effectively a government-crony capitalist oligopoly.
3 producers account for 98% of USA supply, and two domestic producers are about 80% of supply.
Fed.gov buys over 50% of all baby formula and dictates pricing - for WIC/Foodstamps and contracts are often for several years at a time. The FDA highly regulates the two domestic plants producing it. Its nearly impossible to enter into this business because its so tightly regulated. So shut down the largest supply factory, and you have just created a massive shortage.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:15:22 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Jamestown1630
Breastfeeding is incredibly easy and what breasts are for. Much easier than formula especially in the middle of the night. Always present and always at the right temp and much much healthier. And no shortages to worry about. And free. Breastfed babies are healthier and have higher IQs. I breastfed all 4 of my babies (worked part time too but pumped).
To: Kaslin
Abbott. I wonder if that’s the same company that made the rapid COVID tests.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:16:09 PM PDT
by
Sarcazmo
("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
To: Kaslin
Formula is necessary because all of the boobs are in Washington.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:17:30 PM PDT
by
o-n-money
(Not my president: WRONG Not the president: RIGHT)
To: Kaslin
the enemedia...
it’s on store shelves in my area...
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:17:34 PM PDT
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: Kaslin
There was no baby formula shortage at the height of the pandemic in 2020.
Trump was president, of course this was before massive election fraud.
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:20:29 PM PDT
by
DallasBiff
(Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
To: Kaslin
Does anyone trust The Atlantic any more?
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posted on
05/15/2022 12:23:33 PM PDT
by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher )
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