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Pro-Trump owner shocked as grocery store that thrived for 43 years goes bankrupt under his tariffs and policies (wtfdetective.blog)

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Pro-Trump owner shocked as grocery store that thrived for 43 years goes bankrupt under his tariffs and policies Wong, who supported Trump in the last election, said he was swayed by campaign promises to reduce grocery costs. But now, as his business struggles to stay afloat, he admits the reality looks very different. Grocery inflation is at a two-year high, and prices continue to climb with no end in sight.

Wong told NPR that virtually all of his products have increased in price since early this year. For instance, a box of mabo tofu sauce — a popular Sichuan dish — has gone from $2.75 last year to $3.95 at the beginning of this year. “We just had this shipment come in yesterday — it’s $5. We cannot catch up. Every shipment coming in, we have to put a new price on it,” Wong said.

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[–] CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't want small businesses to fail. I also want people who forced Trump on us to get their comeuppance. I don't know how to parse this, even after a year. Yes, fuck you for doing this to all of us, but also, DAMMIT. IDK... can we like, choose a date and after that be like, yeah you fucked up bro but also I don't want you to starve anymore? what a shit show.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Look, we tried. We tried understanding, tolerance, olive branches, whatever. The problem is they took the rest of us down with them. At some point you just gotta let them suffer the consequences. You can be sympathetic, that shows you've retained your humanity, but we can't fight for people that punch us in the nose when we reach out to pull them up.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

To me it reminds me of the quote on how a society handle their prisoners. They can never have power again and must feel the consequences, but we have to show some baseline level of respect for human life, and show what makes us better than them. It's not status or money, it's ideals and empathy

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