Has anyone here been affected by tariffs?

[Yvonne Smith]

Apparently, Governor Newsom is going to raise fuel prices by 65 cents per gallon on Tuesday, which is the first of July. Most of the local gas stations here are around $2.50 a gallon, so prices have been coming down bit by bit.
Eggs are now much cheaper, although most other groceries that we buy are about the same as they have always been for the last year. We used to see T-bone steaks advertised on sale for $4.99 lb, but now they are not being on sale this summer, but other meat is about the same price still.

 

[Don Alaska]

Apparently, Governor Newsom is going to raise fuel prices by 65 cents per gallon on Tuesday, which is the first of July. Most of the local gas stations here are around $2.50 a gallon, so prices have been coming down bit by bit.
Eggs are now much cheaper, although most other groceries that we buy are about the same as they have always been for the last year. We used to see T-bone steaks advertised on sale for $4.99 lb, but now they are not being on sale this summer, but other meat is about the same price still.

Newsom seems to want California to drive off a cliff. I just don't get it. I guess it is TDS taken to extreme, just as the New York City Mayoral primary seems to be. Our gasoline is till expensive even though we produce a lot of oil and have the lowest gas taxes (I think) in the country. The world-wide beef shortage has little to do with tariffs, but seems to be part of a manipulation scheme of the food supply. Someone somewhere wants to get us to stop eating meat and wants more GMO veggies and grains consumed. We have our own chickens, so we don't notice egg price fluctuations, although the feed grains have risen in price in the past few years. Covid may have been designed too alter society--the worldwide reaction certainly was. The way we operate and interact with other may never be the same.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Has anyone here been affected by tariffs? I am hearing complaints about parts--machine and auto--but not much else yet. I doubt I will be affected since we are pretty much self-reliant due to where we live. I suppose lumber could affect us unless they allow us to restart the lumber business here. I could also just mill my own trees, but that is a hassle. Foods that may be affected are apple juice and apple sauce, orange juice, and some canned foods since they are mainly processed in China now.

Has anyone been affected?

Prices were rising before so I can't really see any difference. I suppose prices went up, I just didn't notice.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

Prices were rising before so I can't really see any difference. I suppose prices went up, I just didn't notice.

That is interesting, @Marie Mallory . We live in a state that borders Florida, and both are conservative states, and now Governor Desantis is giving Florida people another tax break even.
I am wondering why your food and fuel prices would be going up when ours are definitely coming down, for the most part ?

Gas is around a dollar per gallon cheaper now than it was back in January when President Trump took office. Eggs are now under $4 for the 18 count carton, and they were over $8 for the same amount earlier this year.
Even the protein powder has been coming down in price. Bread and milk are about the same as they were before.

About the only thing I noticed is that the weekly ads do not seem to have steak on sale as cheap as we had before, but the cheaper cuts of meat (which is what we buy anyway), are still about the same price.