Here I am. What world do you live in? The United States economy is absolutely motoring. A year ago, there were lots of concerns. Wage pushed inflation, a looming recession with high unemployment, a bear market. Honestly, some of it was just stupid, the bear market part the biggest example.
I am going to tell you what has happened. For flippin decades, corporations have had their way. The Trump corporate tax cut the biggest example. Margins went through the roof, I mean seriously. Take the food industry, which I have intimate knowledge of. Food manufactures have seen their margins explode. I am talking Kraft, Cargill, Tyson. Hell, even pet food, like Purina. Now, they are willing to sacrifice those margins to get market share and keep good help.
I spent this morning with an individual that buys millions of dollars worth of seafood every single month, wholesale. He spent this morning with me because I know the market. Farm raised catfish filets, he pays three bucks a pound. THREE BUCKS A POUND. What protein can you get for three bucks a pound? Snow Crab, fawk Alaska, six bucks a pound from Norway. And absolutely beautiful. Scallops, I mean like 10/20's, from Japan, ten bucks a pound. I had him laughing, saying, yeah, beautiful but radioactive.
Egg prices have dropped drastically, Trump is a dumbass, ain't bought a dozen eggs in the last twenty years. Ground beef, half the price it was at the height of the pandemic. The McDonald's Big Mac, well you are a total sucker if you ain't using their app.