{"id":8148,"date":"2025-10-24T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/?p=8148"},"modified":"2025-10-25T08:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:48:50","slug":"tariffs-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/tariffs-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariffs Anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coffee prices have gone up over 50% in the last 6 months<\/strong>. About half of that increase is due to volatile weather conditions, viz. global climate change, and increasing global demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other half is due to tariffs of 50% on coffee beans <\/strong>from Brazil and elsewhere …but of course, tariffs are not tax according to our MAGAt leaders, they are not paid by Americans. WRONG!!!<\/strong> As the tariffs work their way though the supply chain, prices could climb even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wealthy got tax breaks. The rest of us got tariffs.<\/strong> For this, go thank a MAGAt and the president and representatives they elected. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I went to reorder coffee from my favorite roaster here in Vermont. A bag of Costa Rican dark that cost $13.00 6 months ago, now costs $19.50. That is a 50% increase!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The use of tariffs as cudgel to get countries to bend to a would-be dictator’s whim is unprecedented …and illegal. In any normal times, the Congress and Supreme Court would have their say. They are both ‘owned<\/em><\/strong>‘ –controlled– by Donald Trump now. So, when you grimace at the price of coffee, go thank a MAGAt.<\/em><\/strong> And then listen to them try to tell you Trump is a smart businessman who knows what he is doing, plays 4D chess, or some other bullshit line, because they cannot admit the truth: they are as irresponsible as the corrupt bully they elected president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coffee prices have gone up over 50% in the last 6 months. About half of that increase is due to volatile weather conditions, viz. global climate change, and increasing global demand. The other half is due to tariffs of 50% on coffee beans from Brazil and elsewhere …but of course, tariffs are not tax accordingContinue reading “Tariffs Anyone?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t