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In reply to the discussion: Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: 'Double the price' [View all]
BumRushDaShow
(174,185 posts)37. You made a generalization fixating on "Barilla"
and I refuted that sweeping generalization by indicating that there WAS a market for the imported version of that product and explained why and by whom.
It's real simple. Your "mom and pop" stores and restaurants - i.e., the "small shops", would be the ones complaining about the tariffs and would have a customer base looking for specific products. The big corporate entities don't need to micromanage that type of product and they won't care if the product is domestic or imported - whichever one is cheapest.
If you don't know how the food industry works here in the U.S. (including the whole imports process), then don't bother arguing about it.
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Trump tariffs on pasta could soon top 100 percent: 'Double the price' [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2025
OP
Pasta already cheaper in Canada. Shows you effect of tariffs on consumers.
BlueWavePsych
Nov 2025
#25
I like pasta as much as any, but on the rare occasions I go out to eat with friends...
hlthe2b
Nov 2025
#2
BTW, it's REALLY easy to make at home -- you're just limited to the basic shapes.
fierywoman
Nov 2025
#57
"BTW, it's REALLY easy to make at home -- you're just limited to the basic shapes."
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2025
#60
Oooooooo !!! You see? I think it's worth seeking out the right flour, although
fierywoman
Nov 2025
#61
"Whether your speculative point about restaurants buying Italian-sourced Barilla for "ethnic loyalty" would account"
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2025
#15
De Cecco is indeed imported, which is why bringing it up is also irrelevant
Prairie Gates
Nov 2025
#47
Idiot Beaver Hound is screwing US farmers (again) with this. A LOT of Italian pasta is made with US Durum wheat
Attilatheblond
Nov 2025
#17
The only pictures he has interest in are the ones that he draws with a sharpie.
littlemissmartypants
Nov 2025
#20
Finally some good news. Pasta use'ta be more expensive. But Trump lowered the tariff by 1,000 percent.
3Hotdogs
Nov 2025
#12
Other Italian food items that will be tariffed under Trump's various schemes
Prairie Gates
Nov 2025
#23
There's always one more way he'll try to fuck up the American people's food supply.
littlemissmartypants
Nov 2025
#22
Trump is trying to invoke a Pastafarian uprising to enact the Insurrection Act.
bluedigger
Nov 2025
#24
The tariffs in the article are specific to pasta, but other EU-targeted Trump tariffs hit Italian wine
Prairie Gates
Nov 2025
#31
Mr. trump's a subliterate idiot unable to write one grammatically correct sentence
Torchlight
Nov 2025
#33