Coffee was 25 cents a cup the last time I drank any. Originally Posted by tomdooley43Take a trip to Starbucks sometime. The average Starbucks coffee price is around five dollars.
- txdot-guy
- 07-14-2025, 08:36 PM
- Salty Again
- 07-14-2025, 09:28 PM
- The_Waco_Kid
- 07-14-2025, 09:54 PM
Take a trip to Starbucks sometime. The average Starbucks coffee price is around five dollars. Originally Posted by txdot-guy
bad example. Starbucks is overpriced to begin with. always has been. i bet you they could eat 1 dollar more cost per cup and still make money without raising the price .. which they will anyway. and they'll raise it 2 dollars and blame Trump for price gouging
- 69in2it69
- 07-14-2025, 09:55 PM
... Switch-over to tea! ...
... IF the "tariff price becomes too high, then perchase
coffee elsewhere... "Free Enterprise"...
#### Salty Originally Posted by Salty Again
They are all on the tariff list...you DO know coffee doesn't grow just anywhere, right mate? Same for tea, those China tariffs won't affect that. Why don't you try growing orange trees and pineapples up there and see how it works out?
- Salty Again
- 07-14-2025, 10:02 PM
They are all on the tariff list...you DO know coffee doesn't grow just anywhere, right mate? Same for tea, those China tariffs won't affect that. Why don't you try growing orange trees and pineapples up there and see how it works out?... Or a better idea might be to Wait and See just WHAT
impact the tariffs have on pricing - Before you PANIC!
#### Salty
- Yssup Rider
- 07-14-2025, 10:35 PM
Wait and see?
LOLLING!
Beginning to sound a lot like Duck and Cover.
Just let him shit on the constitution, wreck the economy and THEN react, eh? Who on earth believes that this tariff bully bullshit is good for anyone.
Don Snoreleone knows not what he does. Literally!
LOLLING!
Beginning to sound a lot like Duck and Cover.
Just let him shit on the constitution, wreck the economy and THEN react, eh? Who on earth believes that this tariff bully bullshit is good for anyone.
Don Snoreleone knows not what he does. Literally!
- 1blackman1
- 07-15-2025, 08:15 AM
I appreciate these increased business taxes. Doesn’t affect my business as we still pay lower taxes since 2017 but poor retail businesses keep getting higher and higher tax burdens.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
- VitaMan
- 07-15-2025, 09:00 AM
- txdot-guy
- 07-15-2025, 09:16 AM
https://archive.ph/5A4Fw. Click the link for the full archived article.
U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, as the global trade war started to bite.
Inflation accelerated in June as President Trump’s tariffs started to leave a bigger imprint on the economy, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to hold interest rates steady when policymakers next meet this month.
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The June data still reflects only the initial impact of Mr. Trump’s global trade war. Economists expect price pressures to intensify over the coming months, especially if new tariffs the president has threatened against the European Union and a host of other countries in recent days are imposed on Aug. 1 as planned.
Up to this point, inflation has been more muted than feared when Mr. Trump returned to the White House. That has emboldened the president and his top advisers to dismiss the latest set of warnings from economists about the damage steep tariffs could have on consumers and businesses across the country.
What economists and policymakers fear most is a stagflationary shock in which inflation rises as the economy flatlines or, worse, contracts. Before the latest trade escalation, the Federal Reserve saw the risks of that outcome receding. Now, the risks are rising once again.
Signs of accelerating price pressures will make it much more difficult for the central bank to restart interest rate cuts that have been on hold since January. Officials have instead been wedded to a “wait-and-see” approach, opting to keep borrowing costs steady until they have a clearer sense of how Mr. Trump’s policies — which beyond tariffs include a crackdown on immigration, sweeping tax and spending cuts, and a broad deregulatory push — will impact the economy.
U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices
The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, as the global trade war started to bite.
Inflation accelerated in June as President Trump’s tariffs started to leave a bigger imprint on the economy, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to hold interest rates steady when policymakers next meet this month.
…
The June data still reflects only the initial impact of Mr. Trump’s global trade war. Economists expect price pressures to intensify over the coming months, especially if new tariffs the president has threatened against the European Union and a host of other countries in recent days are imposed on Aug. 1 as planned.
Up to this point, inflation has been more muted than feared when Mr. Trump returned to the White House. That has emboldened the president and his top advisers to dismiss the latest set of warnings from economists about the damage steep tariffs could have on consumers and businesses across the country.
What economists and policymakers fear most is a stagflationary shock in which inflation rises as the economy flatlines or, worse, contracts. Before the latest trade escalation, the Federal Reserve saw the risks of that outcome receding. Now, the risks are rising once again.
Signs of accelerating price pressures will make it much more difficult for the central bank to restart interest rate cuts that have been on hold since January. Officials have instead been wedded to a “wait-and-see” approach, opting to keep borrowing costs steady until they have a clearer sense of how Mr. Trump’s policies — which beyond tariffs include a crackdown on immigration, sweeping tax and spending cuts, and a broad deregulatory push — will impact the economy.
- VitaMan
- 07-15-2025, 10:55 AM
Lucid CEO Warns Trump Tariffs Will Drive Up EV Costs: ‘There’s No Other Way Around It’
- Jacky S
- 07-15-2025, 10:59 AM
Starbucks coffee is absolutely acrid.
It is one of the biggest scam masquerading as a business plan you could ever find.
Charging $7 for a lousy cup of coffee, and then convincing everyone that if you turn it into a “ milkshake” loaded with more calories and artificial flavors than a Twinky, you will love it.
If PT Barnum were alive, he would be thinking……”why didn’t I think of that”.
It is one of the biggest scam masquerading as a business plan you could ever find.
Charging $7 for a lousy cup of coffee, and then convincing everyone that if you turn it into a “ milkshake” loaded with more calories and artificial flavors than a Twinky, you will love it.
If PT Barnum were alive, he would be thinking……”why didn’t I think of that”.
- rooster
- 07-15-2025, 11:06 AM
Starbucks coffee is absolutely acrid.Totally irrelevant. The adage "if you can get it, you are worth it" is the only one that matters.
It is one of the biggest scam masquerading as a business plan you could ever find.
Charging $7 for a lousy cup of coffee, and then convincing everyone that if you turn it into a “ milkshake” loaded with more calories and artificial flavors than a Twinky, you will love it.
If PT Barnum were alive, he would be thinking……”why didn’t I think of that”. Originally Posted by Jacky S
Your complaints are the same as the guys who bitch about prices of whores these days. Out of touch and out of date.
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- Lantern2814
- 07-15-2025, 07:36 PM
Now for reality. Inflation went up 0.3% in June. A rounding error. That 2.7% number is yearly. In other words, less than HALF of Biden's rate, when these same people were saying there wasn't any problem with inflation.
- DayOfTheEagle
- 07-15-2025, 07:42 PM
Trump doesn't care about reality. Here's some reminders:
“Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
NBC Montana, Trump Rally in Bozeman, MT, YouTube (August 9, 2024).
8/14/24
“Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months”
“Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, YouTube (August 14, 2024).
8/17/24
“Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down and we will make America affordable again. We’re going to make it affordable again.”
“We’re going to get your energy prices down. We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump speaks at campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, YouTube (August 17, 2024).
“Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
NBC Montana, Trump Rally in Bozeman, MT, YouTube (August 9, 2024).
8/14/24
“Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months”
“Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, YouTube (August 14, 2024).
8/17/24
“Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down and we will make America affordable again. We’re going to make it affordable again.”
“We’re going to get your energy prices down. We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump speaks at campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, YouTube (August 17, 2024).
- 69in2it69
- 07-15-2025, 09:42 PM
Trump doesn't care about reality. Here's some reminders:
“Starting on day one, we will end inflation and make America affordable again, to bring down the prices of all goods.”
NBC Montana, Trump Rally in Bozeman, MT, YouTube (August 9, 2024).
8/14/24
“Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months”
“Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, YouTube (August 14, 2024).
8/17/24
“Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down and we will make America affordable again. We’re going to make it affordable again.”
“We’re going to get your energy prices down. We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%.”
PBS NewsHour, Trump speaks at campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, YouTube (August 17, 2024). Originally Posted by DayOfTheEagle
He words are as full of shit as his diaper...and his cult members here will lick up every skidmark.