There Are Repercussions

What people care about most politically often equates to what affects their personal lives the most, which means it often comes down to how things feel in your wallet. And the place we feel this the most is often the grocery store, seeing as it makes up a large piece of the pie when it comes to a household budget. And lately this piece has been feeling a little heavier – as food prices are up almost 3% from last year.

When that happens, we want something to blame. When things are getting more expensive across the board, there must be some reason as to why, right? In a way, the answer to this is yes, but it becomes complicated because the answer usually isn’t one thing but a confluence of many.

That is that situation we find ourselves in now as this recent CNN article speaks to how tariffs, deportation, and climate change are coming together to account for the current problems. Once you get some answers, though, how one interprets them can still depend on one’s political viewpoint. This article clearly isn’t shining the best light on the current administration, and there will certainly be some people out there whose future votes could be affected by this.

Others will not be swayed, though, and that’s not necessarily wrong. After all, an issue could be important enough to someone that they are willing to sacrifice a little more at the cash register to see that other believe taken care of.

What we need to do, however, is own the price of what our choices could mean. It is worth taking some time to understand the outcomes of policies and know where they’re likely to have you ending up. Such news as this article gives isn’t necessarily going to be bad news to everyone. Much like the recent tax bill passed by the Trump administration, some are happy about it, some are not.

In the end, let’s be aware, be measured, and be aware of what we support means.

Warmly,

Josh Bousquet
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