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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I happened to have the TV on and watched a little of the big speech. Trump said that he had brought the price of eggs down.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I recall that a year ago, a dozen eggs was around $4, with a range of prices at different stores.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Over the winter, the typical price went to $5, then $6 </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It became more common to see empty shelves.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Last week, the shelf was full, but price of $11.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So he got it wrong on something quite easy to verify. The effects of tariffs is harder for even unbiased experts. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">My guess is that in the short term, prices on many things will go up. Over a period of years, some manufacturing will increase in the US. Some people might get jobs; but increasing manufacturing will take time and a lot of it will be automated, limiting the number of low skill jobs. </div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12:40:59 AM PDT, Steve M Bibayoff <bibayoff@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp5bde62bayiv9745103570"><div>Hello,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Rick Moen <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp5bde62bayiv9745103570gmail_quote"><br clear="none">
It appears they outsourced the entire matter to ChatGPT, and then <br clear="none">
didn't even fix the output, let alone think about it.<br clear="none">
<br clear="none">There was,what could be argued, was some thought, Ukraine 20% tariff, Россия 0% (I didn't say it was good thinking)</blockquote><div><br clear="none"></div><div>(also see the tariffs on the islands of only penguins) </div><div id="ydp5bde62bayiv9745103570yqtfd41115" class="ydp5bde62bayiv9745103570yqt7482887731"><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Steve</div>
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