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Old 05-26-2014, 04:20 AM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Mexican drug cartel behind lime shortage in U.S.; margaritas feel pinch - NY Daily News

You wait, America. First it was pot and now limes.

You wait. And see. America can't live without limes.

 
Old 05-26-2014, 04:42 AM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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Note that the article tells us that the law of supply and demand still operates. The supply of limes shifted downward due to a combination of violence, weather, and tree disease. The price then went up. This is bad news for minimum wage advocates, because standard econ 101 supply-demand analysis tells us that raising the minimum wage tends to hurt those whom it is intended to help.
 
Old 05-26-2014, 06:05 AM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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With Cartels On The Run, Mexican Lime Farmers Keep More Of The Green : The Salt : NPR

As NPR reported just five days ago the cartels hold on businesses (namely, making small farmers pay protection money) is actually declining compared to recent years.
 
Old 05-26-2014, 08:19 AM
 
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Note that the article tells us that the law of supply and demand still operates. The supply of limes shifted downward due to a combination of violence, weather, and tree disease. The price then went up. This is bad news for minimum wage advocates, because standard econ 101 supply-demand analysis tells us that raising the minimum wage tends to hurt those whom it is intended to help.

So increasing EITC is a better idea?
 
Old 05-26-2014, 08:25 AM
 
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Note that the article tells us that the law of supply and demand still operates. The supply of limes shifted downward due to a combination of violence, weather, and tree disease. The price then went up. This is bad news for minimum wage advocates, because standard econ 101 supply-demand analysis tells us that raising the minimum wage tends to hurt those whom it is intended to help.
A bad supply-demand analysis.
San Jose minimum wage: A year-old success story - San Jose Mercury News
 
Old 05-26-2014, 08:47 AM
 
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With Cartels On The Run, Mexican Lime Farmers Keep More Of The Green : The Salt : NPR

As NPR reported just five days ago the cartels hold on businesses (namely, making small farmers pay protection money) is actually declining compared to recent years.
This has been being reported a lot by framers in other countries. In Central America farmers are forced to grow marijuana instead of food. It's the "media" who keeps these things hidden from the American people. This as been going on for a long time and with people ignoring how some of our laws are hurting other people.
 
Old 05-26-2014, 02:39 PM
 
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With Cartels On The Run, Mexican Lime Farmers Keep More Of The Green : The Salt : NPR

As NPR reported just five days ago the cartels hold on businesses (namely, making small farmers pay protection money) is actually declining compared to recent years.
Somehow I doubt that the cartels are really letting the NPR in on all their activities. Remember, these are the same cartels that our government can't stop or find sneaking in millions of illegals, tons of meth, cocaine, pot, heroin, pirated CDs and DVDs and fake designer products over the border every day.
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