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From NBC today...

In September, prices in the food category were rising at a 3.1% annual rate. In Tuesday’s release that’s slowed to 2.6%.

By way of comparison Husker the overall inflation rate reported today is 2.7%. So I know math is hard for you...but food inflation is currently LOWER than the overall inflation rate.

Our experts in the media (many from the Ivies by the way) assured us early this year that tariffs would make inflation skyrocket.
A picture is worth a thousand words. I think costs in California, particularly dining out costs, far surpassed 23.6% (see carne asada burritos), part of that is due to the CA increases in minimum wage.

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It has surprised me with some of its positive benefits (what Crush calls eating crow), however, it has forced some small businesses to close and other small businesses to take on more debt at higher rates to cover tariff costs.

Not surprisingly Husker is against tariffs because Trump did them, despite the fact that unions have been one of the biggest proponents of tariffs to protect inflated American union wages.
Your all or nothing mindset seems to be void of nuance. Targeted tariffs work, have worked, Biden continued some of Trump’s first term tariffs, they are a fact of global business. But, like with much of what Trump does the lack of planning, financial consultation and cooperation with valued allies made a mess. He never has implemented the list he brought out before “liberation day” fully, but words have consequences and many of the tariffs he did implement were counterproductive to say the least. Like with doge the overall outcome has produced a net loss with future ramifications still pending.
 
Is this before or after Biden's job numbers were revised down by over 900,000 jobs? Do Biden's numbers include job recoveries in addition to job creation (rhetorical, the answer is yes). Do you understand the difference between adding government jobs vs creating private sector jobs (guessing no)?

Notwithstanding the above, Trump needs to do a better job of private sector job creation to help for the mid-terms.
 
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