christiefan915 (05-20-2022)
1. Do you have a citation for your claim about WIC contracts? From what I understand there are only three baby formula manufacturers of any significance in the US.
2. Who established a 17.5% tariff?
3. Biden has in fact enacted the DPA.
“President Biden said Wednesday that he is requiring suppliers to send ingredients to infant-formula makers before other customers, invoking the Defense Production Act. The White House also directed government agencies to use Department of Defense commercial aircraft to pick up from overseas infant formula that meets U.S. standards.“ - WSJ
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LOCK HIM UP!
christiefan915 (05-20-2022)
How the fuck did you get into a test group???
Again, while I agree the statement could be misleading. the fact it wasn't available except under Emergency Authorization does put some credence in it. Still, his staffers caused themselves a lot of unnecessary backlash by trying to spin a win out of it.
IMO, they are panicking because the entire planet is a hot mess; COVID, economy and Putin's War being biggies. His fucked up exit out of Afghanistan will stick to him until he leaves office....sometime after JAN23? LOL
The fact dipshits are blaming Biden for the formula shortage is all part of the mess.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
1. Right. Because of the contracts... Let me see if I can find an article. (here's one: https://time.com/6177128/baby-formul...nopoly-abbott/ )
The other two were actually talked about in this article too. I'm quite surprised. While the article does try to partially blame "no paid national family leave" as they couldn't entirely avoid partisanship, it largely does give good information.Roughly half to two-thirds of formula purchased in the U.S. is bought through WIC, according to government estimates. With so many low-income parents relying on formula, the move by Congress led to the bid winners in each state dominating the formula market there. That spurred the kind of intense consolidation in the U.S. formula industry that has not been seen in many other parts of the world.
Since the single-contract rule was established more than 30 years ago, only three companies–Abbott, Gerber, and Mead Johnson—have received those WIC contracts. Their control over the market has disincentivized the creation of new brands, which is why the recent loss of Abbott’s products from store shelves has left many parents with few alternatives.
Both sides of the political aisle had to push Brandon to invoke the DPA... because he'd still be sitting on his hands waiting for the teleprompter if they hadn't gotten his handlers to think.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
Doc Dutch (05-20-2022)
Of course, there are baby formula shortages.
Too many idiots thought themselves worthy of breeding.
We're ass deep in unnecessary little ones, not that it's in any way their fault, and we don't know how to handle it.
Overturning Roe v. Wade will only make things worse in the shitkicker states.
I wish those fucking rubes would learn to throw a bag on it.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
4,487
18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally
44 U.S.C. 2202 - The United States shall reserve and retain complete ownership, possession, and control of Presidential records; and such records shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
LOCK HIM UP!
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
christiefan915 (05-20-2022)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
I choose my own words like the Americans of olden times........before this dystopia arrived.
DARK AGES SUCK!
Isaiah 6:5
“Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”
cancel2 2022 (05-20-2022)
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