13 May '22 02:43>
While Americans can't find it.
Thanks, Biden.
Thanks, Biden.
@sh76 saidNothing like warm temperatures to get the blood boiling eh?
The baby formula situation may be worth its own thread, but since this one doesn't seem to be going anywhere, I'll hijack this one.
The sheer incompetence of this government is nowhere on display more than on this issue. (That I'm the terrified father of a bottle-fed 6 week old with dwindling formula supplies in the pantry is beside the point.)
===The U.S. Department of A ...[text shortened]... ne free covid tests, how about you make sure things that we actually do need are being manufactured?
@jj-adams saidDo you actually believe,
While Americans can't find it.
Thanks, Biden.
@earl-of-trumps saidWhat do you propose?
@vivify- says
... the U.S. entered into a new North American trade agreement that actively discourages formula imports from our largest trading partner, Canada.
I don't get it, Viv. It clearly says @discourages imports, not disallows them. But you get extra credit for Blaming Trump!
@earl-of-trumps saidhttps://reason.com/2022/05/09/americas-trade-and-regulatory-policies-have-contributed-to-the-baby-formula-shortage/
I don't get it, Viv. It clearly says @discourages imports, not disallows them. But you get extra credit for Blaming Trump!
the U.S. has recently adopted policies making it more difficult to import infant formula. the rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) championed by the Trump administration, set new limits on how much baby formula Canada could export
@wildgrass saidIf Truman can nationalize the steel mills to fight to Korean War, Biden can nationalize Abbott Labs to make baby formula.
Nothing like warm temperatures to get the blood boiling eh?
I think you missed the "... more formula types and sizes... " part of the quote. Right now WIC benefits are limited to specific items, which encourages price gouging, and widening the options means that more types of formula can be sold to those consumers.
It sort of sounds like at the end of this post there ...[text shortened]... 's going on here? We're saying Biden's incompetent because he's not behaving enough like a dictator.
@sh76 saidNot blaming BIDEN, huh?
FYI, from a trick I got forwarded on WhatsApp, I changed my home country settings on Amazon to Canada and suddenly I was able to order 2 tubs of Enfamil Gentlease. Paid an obscene amount for it, but I'm happy to do it.
How F-ed up is that? I can't buy formula at any price unless I change my country to Canada. I'm not blaming Biden for that detail, of course. But the whole administration has been fast asleep at the switch on this issue until about 10 minutes ago.
@sh76 saidYou must be the most misinformed COVID denier on this board except for MB.
The baby formula situation may be worth its own thread, but since this one doesn't seem to be going anywhere, I'll hijack this one.
The sheer incompetence of this government is nowhere on display more than on this issue. (That I'm the terrified father of a bottle-fed 6 week old with dwindling formula supplies in the pantry is beside the point.)
===The U.S. Department of A ...[text shortened]... ne free covid tests, how about you make sure things that we actually do need are being manufactured?
@no1marauder saidThat was one plant. Of course I know all about that. The government should have seen this shortage coming and acted months ago.
You must be the most misinformed COVID denier on this board except for MB.
Abbott didn't cut infant formula production because it was making COVID tests but:
" When Abbott Laboratories, one of the largest manufacturers of baby formula in the U.S., closed a facility in Michigan in February after the Food and Drug Administration announced it was investigating links be ...[text shortened]... iot or are you OK with feeding your kid formula from a plant shown to have had contaminated formula?