They’re part of the consumer price index, a measure of inflation which in turn impacts the fed interest rate. A high rate means a high cost of borrowing which is bad for business (especially small business / start ups).
For most people it just contributes to the cost of living crisis but it has greater implications on the economy as a whole.
Trump has promised a reduction in interest rates this year while nearly all of his policies are designed to worsen inflation in the short term.
They are half the cost in Canada right now due to better supply management and taking public health a bit more seriously (only 6% of Canadians chickens are infected vs 14% of American chickens).
Same. No one wipes a kids ass for 2.5 years to be spoken to like that. I get kids and teenagers are a little rough around the edges but this sounds like a grown adult.
This might be too complicated for the average consumer at CVS, which tends to skew towards an older demographic.
Colonialism is essentially theft with a pretty red ribbon on top to make it look good so we can all unequivocally say fuck colonialism.
But my point is beyond that. It’s that the progress that’s been achieved through those ideas you’re celebrating was predicated on theft from and suffering of people in developing countries. In a sense those in developing countries have an ownership stake in Western industrialization and China is the first previously developing nation that’s coming to take back what is, in part, theirs. The West needs to come to terms with the fact that they won’t be the last to do so.
‘Investment’ is a nice way to put it. A more apt description would be that the developing world invested in the West’s industrialization (or the West stole it, whatever floats your boat) and the Western world chose to give essentially nothing back to its investors, directly contradicting the new capitalist world it had created.
Which is why many in the developing world feel that China’s rise to prominence is the West’s chickens coming home to roost.
A Kenyan official once said: ‘When China visits we get a hospital. When Britain visits we get a lecture’
It’s America we’re talking about. This is a nation that traverses oceans and continents to shed blood for oil. An export tax on it from one of its major suppliers would be enough. The US would no doubt be able to weather any import tarriffs imposed by Canada but it will be bad for business for them. Canadian officials have already made a list of items they’re going to target which would impact $35+ billion in American goods.
Doubt that Trump sticks with this, and if he does, Canada is going to bring the US along for the ride kicking and screaming until it stops hitting itself.
There is no winning for Canada here. Most Canadians are well aware of that. The goal is to make it hurt enough for Americans for the mutual hurt be as short-lived as possible.
As an elected official, Trump has to answer to the American people. If his policies worsen the affordability crisis (and retaliatory tariffs from Canada will achieve that for a notable subset of Americans) then he may be compelled to reverse course.
It’s a good thought but much less practical than retaliatory tariffs. I don’t think there is precedent (in recent times) of Western nations overtly violating each other’s intellectual property rights.
It’s hard to beat a network with an already established user base (Meta, Google)
Not sure how this is feasible unless you’re certain your audience is going to use a VPN too. Seems like a risky way to lose views ie. your revenue stream.
It does work. You have to be selective though. There’s a lot of cheap crap that people buy on amazon that are available on TEMU for 5 to 10x less.
Also you have to have low expectations. Just like when you buy cheap shit on Amazon. It’s more for little trinkets that you can get by without but may be useful.
The free shipping and free 90 day returns helps with the product not living up to expectations.
There are also American retailers on the site. I recently got an Anker wireless battery charger for $5-6 less than Amazon.
The only major downside is shipping. Nearly everyone is accustomed to one or two day shipping now. Temu shipping almost always takes 4-6 days.
It’s a Millenial trend borne of new financial pressures that Boomers and Gen X didn’t have to deal with.