Why is steak costing close to $30/lb?

@sjvg1976 The reason we stopped the war? America warned us of the serious intent of Pakistan to use nuclear arsenal. We stopped because of our vulnerability. For all that bravado of saying we will hit them with double force, we stopped because of our vulnerability. Yes, that is the reason. You see, if we use nuclear weapons against Pakistan, we will be left with very few to fight with China. Added to that, a nuclear attack will push us behind almost 30 years. We no longer have an ally in Bangladesh....we milked that friendship enough irritating them with our patronizing attitude. Why did Pakistan stop? It stopped because the top leaders, read military folks, wanted to get richer, so the IMF loan was dangled as the lollipop. They will buy a few weapons, maybe fifth generation weapons, and rest of it they will pocket, and then we will have a really serious issue on our hands. Our Prime Minister is doing the job of rubbing salt on wounds in every speech instead of keeping silent about it. So are the ministers. You make the need to get even stronger in their minds. When Stauffenberg decided to kill Hitler, he sent his family away. The same thing the Pakistani leaders are doing. They are buying properties in Portugal and other nations nearby with IMF funds. After the new weapons arrive, they would be back in the business. So we have not averted the war. We have deferred it. Our Prime Minister and all others need to shut up. There is no room for complacency. As Ramchandra ji said, what goes up, will come down. That is the rule of the nature. Here is what he said to Bharat Ji.... That is the reality ...LOL Net net US did stop the war through Pakistan, pulling strings to get them IMF loans.

Surely , he will get Nobel prize for settling wars between the countries. It's all about business. Trump knows that he won't be able to control India so thought of 50% tariff against India . He thought India will succumb and do whatever they want us to do but we didn't.

Yes, you made sense. For a change. Trump winning the Nobel Prize would be like me winning the award for Best National Basketball Association Center in History.

@TheHorse I bet it's not cheap.

@TheHorse I know about the costs of raising cattle from calf to adult.

I have very little knowledge about the costs of raising cows and sending them to market.

@TheHorse how much high? Is it affordable?

It is high.

@sjvg1976 I buy smaller cuts of less expensive steak. I am not going to let Trump affect my"standard of living."

@TheHorse Labor cost is high in the United States, not imported beef is expensive because of labor costs (even higher now that Trump threw out immigrant workers). Importer beef is now expensive because of the tariffs, the opposite of a double win.

@LadyDuck I am lucky that I planned for semi-retirement. I can afford Trump's antics. But many Americans will struggle.

I find it odd that we both import and export beef. Oil too. I have enough money saved up that I think I can survive anything Trump throws at us. Unless he literally raids my savings accounts.

It's odd to see prices so high.

@lovebuglena I don't know what dry aged steak is.

@TheHorse it could be for dry aged steak. Those are way more expensive.

@LindaOHio Dang! You took good care of him!

Have Trump's taxes finally increased?

@TheHorse lol I remember when I was first married...my husband has always loved steak. I would buy steak, mushrooms, the weekly groceries and a bottle of bubbly. I usually spent around $25 per week.

We just have to live with it.

I do not know if Americans "voted for this." But I believe we "allowed it to happen."

I do not know.

@TheHorse I do, so I'll eat all of the seafood you don't eat.

I don't eat a lot of seafood.

@TheHorse We didn't. Trump is lying when he says prices in general are going down. Everything is going up.

It is. I am glad my needs are limited at this point. I am not a conspiracy theorist, but I am not 100 per cent convinced Americans voted for this mess.

@JudyEv I will just keep on keeping on.

I am a Grandchild of immigrants. but I appear "white." I do not know what I'd be thinking if i were "brown."

@TheHorse

I'd become attached to the dang thing thing and want to keep it as a pet.

I settled on some $16 steak the other day. It was not very good.

@TheHorse lol. What did you buy? Round steak?

But it did taste good.

Heh.

I will not be denied.