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angryxyouth

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11. That should help food prices

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 06:04 PM

Yesterday

What happened to open markets and price competition? Rice prices have been out of hand! Arborio prices have finally started to come down at one point it was $16 for 32oz of riceselect but it has come down to about $9. $5 for generic which is finally available again. before Covid, it was $3. If you want to save American jobs from India, do something about the call centers and all the other jobs lost to cheaper tech labor.

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Trump tells India to stop 'dumping rice' on US or face new tariffs [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

India not offering him a big enough bribe? Irish_Dem Yesterday #1

Asian and Indian rice tastes so much better than American rice kimbutgar Yesterday #2

Screw you, Trump. Indian rice has far less arsenic than US rice--even Californian... hlthe2b Yesterday #3

I bought two 20-lb. bags of Royal basmati rice the last timre I was at Walmart. mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #4

But first let's all read in the Constitution.. Permanut Yesterday #5

Possibly Trump has no idea where rice comes from or how it is grown. twodogsbarking Yesterday #6

Link to stats ........ twodogsbarking Yesterday #7

so Trump wants higher tariffs on the most basic staple food item? DBoon Yesterday #8

Fine with me. tavernier 20 hrs ago #15

Appeasing the rice producing states of which the top five of six are red. Hmmm. twodogsbarking Yesterday #9

India buys a lot of food from the US IronLionZion Yesterday #10

That should help food prices angryxyouth Yesterday #11

We're not even a top 10 rice producer so I'm not sure what the problem is to be honest with having cheap rice. cstanleytech 23 hrs ago #12

He is clueless and his mind is so shot he works from the last input into his brain. Botany 21 hrs ago #14

God forbid we get cheap rice in the US! NickB79 22 hrs ago #13

Rice??? Smackdown2019 20 hrs ago #16

Does this mean that India has been driving the price of rice down in the U.S. ?? Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #17

Better strategy -- provoke them into dumping some somosas next. With a selection of chutneys. nt eppur_se_muova 19 hrs ago #18

"Who should I put a tariff on next?" sakabatou 18 hrs ago #19

I only buy Indian or Mexican rice. Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #20

You could try Thai Jasmine rice too BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #22

PBS's show 'America's Test Kitchen' agrees with me-- A Badger 11 hrs ago #21

But, not a word to any of the importers who are making loads from their imports. OldBaldy1701E 10 hrs ago #23

No, Americans need to eat more rice. When I was a child, we had rice very often for lunch. raccoon 9 hrs ago #24