Americans warned of grocery prices shock
Americans warned of grocery prices shock
"If you think your groceries are expensive now, wait until the farms are empty," AOC said on the "Latino USA" podcast.
Summary
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that Trump’s mass deportation policy could lead to labor shortages and higher grocery prices.
Experts say agriculture, construction, and healthcare will be hardest hit, with farm output losses estimated between $30 and $60 billion.
Deportations could cost the U.S. economy up to $88 billion annually.
AOC argued that immigrant labor is vital to economic stability, urging Congress to pursue immigration reform.
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I like AOC, but I don’t understand why she just says stuff and doesn’t do anything.
She could introduce new legislation everyday, be an obstructionist to the
neonazirepublican agenda.Get them on the record voting no to the simple things. Will this stuff pass? No, but that’s not the point.
Do something, don’t just say sound bites
Because to even reach the house floor those bills would have to go through Republican controlled comities. That wouldn't even gum up the works, they would simply be ignored. So she focuses her efforts on education people on what is really going on, instead of what the corpo news outlets are spewing.
Anyone in the federal legislature can introduce legislation that dies in committee. How exactly would that help? Its not effective obstructionism for a small committee to just ignore your bills every time. Most bills never even get a vote.
You are not proposing an effective strategy.