So MAGAts can't afford eggs, but they can afford smokes and beer?

[hawkeye21]

Haven't heard of any red state liquor stores or convenience stores going out of business because their MAGAT customers can't afford their cigarettes or alcohol. Of course, ya gotta have those necessities. But eggs . . . OMG!

BTW: Of the thousands of lies and depraved acts of the orange scum, I keep thinking of the debate and his insistence that "immigrants are eating the pets, they're eating the dogs and the cats." And how did he "know" this? Because "I saw someone say it on TV." This, my friends, is your next president of what used to be the United States of America.

[Klarkashton]

1. And the $1200/mo truck payment.

[ForgedCrank]

6. This one

hits kind of personal for me. Over the last few years, I have been buying up older OBD1 vehicles that are in decent condition and getting them back in good roadworthy condition. People are revolting against the emission mandate expenses and the complexity it brings with it. Demand for older but reliable cars and trucks is climbing rapidly because not only the outrageous purchase prices for new cars, but the break/fix expenses over time are almost all in fixing the ridiculously complex emission systems. And out where I live, EV's are an absolute no-go and won't work for the average person. The older OBD1 vehicles are modern enough that they get good fuel mileage and still have pretty low emission output, but the systems are very primitive and easy/cheap to fix when they do take a toss.
It has become a hobby of mine and it's been fun resurrecting some of the older stuff.

[RockRaven]

2. If they thinks eggs are expensive now, wait until all the factory farms lose their workers

because of TCF's deporation scheme.

[lapfog_1]

11. many vegetables and some fruits

are still picked by hand, especially tomatoes and asparagus. Berries too.

Plus at least 1 bean that I know of... soybeans. Not picked by hand, but by combine. However before the combine can harvest the soybeans a person must walk up and down every row and cut down the milkweeds and other sticky weeds by hand with a machete. Why? Because the milk from the milkweed will coat the soybeans in the combine harvester and ruin the beans. Sure you can try to wash the beans but it is difficult. You can apply more weed killer but that is expensive and usually toxic. The best thing is to hire a crew to walk the soybean fields and let them hack down the weeds before the combine. Usually a week or at most 2 before harvest. How do I know this? When I was 15 and 16 years old I used to do this job. Hot, dangerous, and mostly thankless job.

Good luck doing these sorts of jobs without immigrant labor. Mostly undocumented. Cost of Apples and cherries and asparagus and, yes, soybeans... all headed higher. That is if they can find anyone willing to do stoop labor for even $15/hour. Chances are the farmers will not find too many takers at that wage. Well, they will find some willing to try... for 1 day.

Working in August in Kansas cutting weeds by hand out of a field where it is the worst jungle up to your chest and blazing hot on your head and shoulders... with snakes and insects... it is not a job for most people, ever.

[2naSalit]

3. And magat swag.

[SoFlaBro]

4. It was never about fucking eggs nor goddamn cigs. It was about a woman of color trying to be President.

[MustLoveBeagles]

7. This

[Otto_Harper]

5. Since the dawn of time itself

MAGATs, or their redneck forebears, have always been able to purchase smokes and beer, regardless of any other family needs or expenses.

[Meowmee]

8. Yep

As usual many are full of s. People in my area who do all of those small business type of jobs also cheat on their taxes by not reporting full income. There is a thriving cash economy here. I even see people going to the doctor and paying the co-pay or whatever they’re paying in cash.

[raccoon]

9. Well said!

This, my friends, is your next president of what used to be the United States of America.

[RandomNumbers]

10. And casinos / online gambling are thriving.

Well, the ones not owned by TSF, anyway.

Yeah, those people are barely scraping by ...

[MagickMuffin]

12. Don't forget the tattoos, gotta have a bunch of em

One thing about them is they are great identifiers!

[Yavin4]

13. And Guns which are not cheap.

Guns are really expensive and they have enough for a small army.