Josh Barro

He can't keep doing this forever.

He can't keep doing this forever.

He can't keep doing this forever.

Just as a side note, one thing I love about these like super old people stories is that a huge fraction of people who purport to be 110 or something like that, in fact, just the birth record is wrong. And they are, in fact, substantially younger than they say they are, sometimes even substantially younger than they believe they are.

Just as a side note, one thing I love about these like super old people stories is that a huge fraction of people who purport to be 110 or something like that, in fact, just the birth record is wrong. And they are, in fact, substantially younger than they say they are, sometimes even substantially younger than they believe they are.

Just as a side note, one thing I love about these like super old people stories is that a huge fraction of people who purport to be 110 or something like that, in fact, just the birth record is wrong. And they are, in fact, substantially younger than they say they are, sometimes even substantially younger than they believe they are.

There was that woman in France who seemed to be basically defrauding the government out of her mother's pension and had assumed her mother's identity. This is such a Josh Barrow take.

There was that woman in France who seemed to be basically defrauding the government out of her mother's pension and had assumed her mother's identity. This is such a Josh Barrow take.

There was that woman in France who seemed to be basically defrauding the government out of her mother's pension and had assumed her mother's identity. This is such a Josh Barrow take.

Like, you know, some jurisdiction started issuing accurate birth certificates in 1923 or something like that. And then you see that there were way more centenarians purportedly born in 1922 than 1924, that kind of thing.

Like, you know, some jurisdiction started issuing accurate birth certificates in 1923 or something like that. And then you see that there were way more centenarians purportedly born in 1922 than 1924, that kind of thing.

Like, you know, some jurisdiction started issuing accurate birth certificates in 1923 or something like that. And then you see that there were way more centenarians purportedly born in 1922 than 1924, that kind of thing.

Well, so I'd say two things about this. One is that, again, it goes to that they're more focused on that the U.S. should be a good place to grow tomatoes than that the U.S. should be a good place to eat tomatoes. And the vast majority of us do not grow tomatoes. We only eat them. And yeah, explicitly, the goal of the policy is to make tomatoes more expensive.

Well, so I'd say two things about this. One is that, again, it goes to that they're more focused on that the U.S. should be a good place to grow tomatoes than that the U.S. should be a good place to eat tomatoes. And the vast majority of us do not grow tomatoes. We only eat them. And yeah, explicitly, the goal of the policy is to make tomatoes more expensive.

Well, so I'd say two things about this. One is that, again, it goes to that they're more focused on that the U.S. should be a good place to grow tomatoes than that the U.S. should be a good place to eat tomatoes. And the vast majority of us do not grow tomatoes. We only eat them. And yeah, explicitly, the goal of the policy is to make tomatoes more expensive.

What they say is unfair is that the Mexican farmers are selling us tomatoes at too low a price. The tomato price needs to be higher because that will be fair to U.S. farmers. And so again, this is a policy that is not written with the benefit of the U.S. consumer in mind. The other thing I'd say about it is that this is kind of the least weird part of the Trump trade policy. Okay.

What they say is unfair is that the Mexican farmers are selling us tomatoes at too low a price. The tomato price needs to be higher because that will be fair to U.S. farmers. And so again, this is a policy that is not written with the benefit of the U.S. consumer in mind. The other thing I'd say about it is that this is kind of the least weird part of the Trump trade policy. Okay.

What they say is unfair is that the Mexican farmers are selling us tomatoes at too low a price. The tomato price needs to be higher because that will be fair to U.S. farmers. And so again, this is a policy that is not written with the benefit of the U.S. consumer in mind. The other thing I'd say about it is that this is kind of the least weird part of the Trump trade policy. Okay.

I mean, lots of administrations have done trade policy like this around things like aluminum and steel, which the Trump administration is doing, but so did George Bush. Democratic administrations also have taken this position that it's— The shrimpers.

I mean, lots of administrations have done trade policy like this around things like aluminum and steel, which the Trump administration is doing, but so did George Bush. Democratic administrations also have taken this position that it's— The shrimpers.