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But those most in need are more concerned that an immigrant may get a free bandaid.
Grocery, Housing & Daycare Prices & Working Class Americans
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“… The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”
“Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow,” with increased funding for immigration enforcement from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Labor Department said in the Federal Register, which is the place where all proposed rules are recorded for the public to view and comment.
Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as a result of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning.
“The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,” the agency said.…”
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“… The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”
“Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow,” with increased funding for immigration enforcement from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Labor Department said in the Federal Register, which is the place where all proposed rules are recorded for the public to view and comment.
Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as a result of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning.
“The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,” the agency said.…”
I hope Secretary Chavez-DeRemer sticks to the first floor of buildings for a while.
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“… The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that “the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens” is threatening “the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.”
“Unless the Department acts immediately to provide a source of stable and lawful labor, this threat will grow,” with increased funding for immigration enforcement from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Labor Department said in the Federal Register, which is the place where all proposed rules are recorded for the public to view and comment.
Also, contradicting comments made by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that the U.S. farm workforce will become “100 percent American” as a result of mass deportations, the Labor Department noted that Americans are not willing to step into farm work and lack the skills to fill agricultural jobs that undocumented immigrants are abandoning.
“The Department concludes that qualified and eligible U.S. workers will not make themselves available in sufficient numbers,” the agency said.…”
Wait, you mean another trump initiative is hurting American's and costing us money?
Another trump EO wasn't well thought out? No shit, the man never actually thinks. No one in this administration thinks.
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I have some containers that I use for cereal storage.
In the past a box of my favorite cereal would fill this container about 80% full.
Today, the container held two boxes of the same cereal.
Between shrinkflation and inflation, food is becoming a burden. I don't know how the average American is handling it.
And it's bigger than just food, the more people spend on the basics, the less they have to spend on everything else.
It would be nice if we had a competent administration.
In the past a box of my favorite cereal would fill this container about 80% full.
Today, the container held two boxes of the same cereal.
Between shrinkflation and inflation, food is becoming a burden. I don't know how the average American is handling it.
And it's bigger than just food, the more people spend on the basics, the less they have to spend on everything else.
It would be nice if we had a competent administration.
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Also, for the last few months Wal-Mart has had poor quality bananas and I’ve gone to several stores only selling the individual bananas pulled apart by weirdos who seem to insist on pulling a bunch apart and leave an orphan banana behind.
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Eye of the beholder, I guess.
I think it's weird when people accept the determination of the banana tree, or the grocery store, as to how many bananas they want to buy.
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To me it’s about leaving a solo banana orphan — I get splitting 6+ bananas into two smaller bunches. But pulling off one and leaving it just seems strange. Of course I eat a banana a day and I like them even when quite ripe as long as not brown mush, so even for one person a lot of bananas make sense.
Harris Teeter in Carrboro had a strawberry and blueberry shortage - pretty much an outage.
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I have not seen a shortage in Cary but I do find it damned near impossible to keep berries beyond a day or two. I nearly have to buy them the day I'm going to eat them or the day before. Otherwise, they are moldy. I've not had that issue so much in the past.
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I noticed strawberries on mild sale near me today, so it must be regional.