Thursday Thoughts: The Damage is Done?
I live in Canada. That is important to this post.
When I was grocery shopping yesterday, I observed a person looking at a product label then placing it back on the shelf. They then picked up another and repeated the process before putting it into their cart.
“Healthier for you?” I asked as I passed.
“No,” they replied pointing to the one they had returned to the shelf. “That one was made in the United States.”
Canadians are not upset with the people who work to make these products, just with the government they elected. I suspect that the ongoing threat of tariffs will change shopping habits from this point on.
Barrier-free trade between Canada/USA/Mexico makes economic sense. No one country can supply itself with everything it needs, but now that mutual cooperation may be permanently damaged.
Now, since it’s always better to laugh:
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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