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A Couple of Lefties

A Couple of Lefties

著者: Chris and Meg
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Husband and wife duo Chris and Meg tackle the news that falls through the cracks. Chris loves politics. Meg is learning to love it!

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  • Why Are Groceries So Expensive?
    2025/12/07

    In this episode Meg and Chris explore the exploding cost of groceries in America. The unprecedented effects from COVID and the Ukraine War, in addition to the steady forces adding to inflation year after year.

    Sources:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-022-00502-1

    https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5539547/grocery-prices-tariffs-food-inflation

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/business/grocery-prices-trump-poll

    https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/how-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-has-further-aggravated-the-global-food-crisis/

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10015268/

    https://concernusa.org/news/ukraine-food-crisis-explained/

    https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-profits-have-contributed-disproportionately-to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/

    https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2024/03/26/high-food-prices-consolidation/

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eat

    https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-agriculture-and-food-supply

    https://www.farmaid.org/issues/corporate-power/how-consolidation-by-meatpacking-giants-is-hurting-farmers-and-consumers-and-what-the-biden-administration-is-doing-about-it/

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/trump-administration-cracks-down-on-foreign-owned-meat-packing-cartels/

    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/trump-meatpackers-investigation-beef-prices-00643152

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    25 分
  • What is Fueling the Health Insurance Market Price Surge?
    2025/11/24

    In this episode Meg and Chris Discuss the government health insurance marketplace. How it was formed and why prices on the marketplace are drastically increasing next year.

    Sources:

    https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/health-policy-101-the-affordable-care-act/?entry=table-of-contents-what-is-the-affordable-care-act

    https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-house-vote-deal-end-longest-government-shutdown-history-2025-11-12/

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/19/aca-obamacare-tax-credit-shutdown/87336302007/

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    23 分
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