Illinois legislator criticizes U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth over federal spending bill rhetoric – Center Square

State Rep. Chris Miller, a farmer, said if Duckworth and Democrats are serious about helping farmers, they’d address inflation. “Because of the velocity of money that they're shoving into the economy, it's caused massive inflation. Inflation is killing the farmer more than whether you got 15 percent more ethanol or not,” Miller said. “Government spending is out of control. Right now the price of corn is $4.40. And I've farmed for almost 50 years, and I would have never thought that we would be able to sell corn for that price.”
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debtsor
1 year ago

Cattle futures reached an all time high this week too, almost doubling in price of its pre-pandemic average. Cattle futures were stable at a low during Trump’s first term but then skyrocketed in the beginning of 2021 after Biden opened the border and let in 20,000,000 illegal aliens all of whom are transitioned from rice and beans in Mexico to steak fajitas in the US. Nobody wants to put 2+2 together to understand that a limited food supply being shared by 20,000,000 new people is going to make costs rise. Factor in generalized inflation and you get price doubling above… Read more »

GM
1 year ago
Reply to  debtsor

I’m an old single guy who gets most all my vittles from Wal-Mart, I order online for delivery. I recently compared my current grocery receipts to 2019 – early 2020, and most prices have at least *doubled*; I buy the cheap WM house brand stuff, rarely brand names. Example: thought I’d make that cozy “budget” dish beef stew, but the cheapest stew meat is TEN bucks for a 1.25 lb package! I can afford it, but on principle I’m not paying that… $30.00+ for a crockpot of stew is outrageous (I made a pork stew, as pork is fairly reasonable).… Read more »

Robert L. Peters
1 year ago
Reply to  debtsor

 a limited food supply being shared by 20,000,000 new people – with LINK cards

NotVeryHappy
1 year ago

The spending bill tanked because it was a terrible crap sandwich. The simple fact that they trimmed it down from 1500 pages to roughly 100 in just a couple of days tells you that.
And Tammy Duckworth is as useless as a duck fart!

Hello, Indiana!
1 year ago
Reply to  NotVeryHappy

Tammy’s been clacking her bill over socialist nonsense bills forever. You know she’s serious when she removes her prosthetic legs and lays on the floor.

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