Summary
Vice President JD Vance claimed that Donald Trump’s policies will lower grocery prices, but he failed to provide details.
Instead, Vance emphasized vague goals like increasing capital investment and job creation.
Meanwhile, Trump’s recent tariff threats, including a 25% increase on Colombian coffee imports, have driven coffee prices higher, exacerbating grocery costs.
Critics note Trump’s shifting narrative, as he now admits it is “hard to bring things down once they’re up.”
Supporters, however, downplayed price hikes, suggesting cheaper alternatives like instant coffee.
Does this surprise anyone? I doubt they even have concepts of a plan, because they don’t give a fuck.
Eggs… Now coffee… TIL conservatives hate breakfast.
Supporters, however, downplayed price hikes, suggesting cheaper alternatives like instant coffee.
Supporters, however, downplayed price hikes, suggesting cheaper alternatives like instant coffee.
FFS. How many times were the Democrats and others declared “elitist” and “out of touch” when they pointed to ACTUAL indicators of a good economy under Biden?
Now, when prices jump, they are telling people to drink gawdawful shit like Taster’s Choice? Gosh, that doesn’t sound like mansplaining or paternalistic or elitist or all the other things I was told the Democrats supposedly were being…
I bet that fucker Kilmeade who I’m sure is being paid millions per year to be stupid on television is not going to be drinking shitty coffee himself. Everyone else can eat cake, though.
Not all instant coffee is terrible. There’s a wide variety in quality there just like with full beans.
Also keep in mind that the average American is used to shit like Folger’s in a Mr. Coffee, a Keurig K-cup, or the burnt espresso from Starbucks.
So you’re saying instant is good when you’re comparing it to fecal soup? Not really selling it, here.
That’s not at all what I’m saying.
I swear no one on the internet has any reading comprehension skills anymore. Either that or everyone purposely assumes the worst interpretation of everything because they want to talk shit.
I was saying that just like regular beans, there are a variety of instant options as well on the market. Just because Walmart stocks terrible options, that doesn’t mean there aren’t others available. We’re not talking about the pompous assholes that can’t stop talking about their home espresso machine, fancy grinding habits, magical aero press, or how to properly do a pour over.
Most people just use the cheap stuff, the quick K-cup, or the Starbucks drive thru on the way to work because THEY DON’T GIVE A FUCK, they just want their caffeine. So that’s what you need to compare against.
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Where did I say Starbucks didn’t use beans? I’ll wait…
I said Starbucks burns their shit. It’s the McDonald’s of coffee. Speed, quantity, and consistency across tens of thousands of locations worldwide at the lowest cost possible; quality is not a primary factor. It’s why their business is focused around hiding the crap coffee with milk and syrup.
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“The way that you lower prices is that you encourage more capital investment into our country,” Vance added.
This clown hasn’t a clue how the economy works.
There are only 3 ways to lower(that came to my mind) prices in a quick way.
1: Abandon regulations. If corporations don’t have to invest into safety, ecology and such stuff they have lower production costs which can mean lower prices.
2: More competition. If corporations have to compete with each other they usually start a battle over who gets the best quality for the lowest price.
3: Subsidies. Nothing to say here I guess.
Edit: Point one and three lower production costs. As others have already pointed out, these dont mean lower prices, but more profit for companys
1: Abandon regulations. If corporations don’t have to invest into safety, ecology and such stuff they have lower production costs which can mean lower prices.
I think corporations have pretty clearly demonstrated an unwillingness to pass savings in their production chain on to the consumer. For example, very few items have gone back down to their pre-pandemic price point, even though scarcity and supply chain issues from COVID have largely resolved.
