I went to read the article, but it was behind a paywall. So, I searched and found "Tariffs Will Simply Put Us All Out of Business: Trump's Trade War Is Crushing American Crafters" which wasn't.
And, it was stuff I knew. Two weeks ago I linked to an article about how Europe and others were going to stop sending mail to the U.S., and I felt like I had gotten the yarn for eldest nephew's Christmas sweater just in time. I had. Because the issue is the way smaller boutique yarn companies have been doing business is now going to be hit with these stupid tariffs.
In the knitting/crochet community, this regime was unpopular the first time around. This isn't going to make us any happier.
You wouldn't think the yarn community would be all that progressive. And, like any community, there are people on both sides of the political spectrum. But there is a very strong liberal group among us. We weren't happy before. This isn't going to help.
It's like this regime wants to destroy all that made us content. Happy. In an effort to appease their elderly, failing leader.
I'm just going to grumble some more over here. Like I've been doing.
Ugh! Grumble grumble.
ReplyDeleteGrumbling along with you. Not about yarn, about the vaccines. Which my pharmacy doesn't have on their online scheduler anymore. Pharmacists are doctors, and mine always prescribes my vaccines. At least until now. Hopefully the West Coast Health Alliance our states are both part of will fix that.
ReplyDeleteBut America is so great with him in office!
ReplyDeleteThe Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.
I say that about the Founding Fathers every day, and about my parents, and aunts and uncles, all of my ancestors who served in the military. It's disgusting what that cheeto in chief has done to this country.
DeleteI know you didn't intend this to be a grumble session on vaccines, but I'm old enough to remember polio and the measles and even scarlet fever. One of my uncles was a public health doctor. How strange (being sarcastic) that we have gone from the anti-Covid vaccine "my body my choice" cry to "we will make it as difficult as possible for anyone who wants a vaccine to get one and we don't care if a vaccine is their choice". Two weeks ago I checked my local pharmacy and I would have needed a prescription for the Covid vaccine (noting that I am over 65). Now, thanks to our governor in New York, we can (at least temporarily) get it without a prescription. If my uncle was still alive, I don't know what he would have thought.
ReplyDeleteFirst, that is super scary that you needed a prescription to get the vaccine. Why would they do that? - I just survived my 2nd bout with Covid. The first time I got Paxlovid to help ease the intensity, but this 2nd time they told me that Paxlovid won't work on Covid anymore because Covid continues to mutate. I get the vaccines, but I wonder if they work for everyone. And with the continued mutations, will they have to continuously update the vaccine? This regime throws so many balls up in the air it's getting increasingly difficult to follow them all but I'm following...
DeleteThey have been updating the Covid vaccine. That's why we keep getting boosters, like with the flu. Every year is a different formulation to take care of the predominant strain that's making the rounds.
DeleteJamie here: I just cannot comment!
ReplyDeleteIt's really unfortunate to see all that's going on. I doubt if it was ever so bad.
ReplyDelete(My latest post: The city that went back in time)
Most leaders nowadays seem to be losing their heads!
ReplyDeleteIt is so frustrating to see the elected officials drink that orange kool aid and instead of derailing the lunatic running that asylum they're encouraging him and/or just looking the other way. I just want to shout at them all, them emperor has no fucking clothes on you morons!
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