Kristina Peterson
Appearances
Apple News Today
How an “administrative error” sent a man to a Salvadoran prison
What's interesting about this moment is that they are not particularly happy with the actions that he and his administration are taking. They don't necessarily blame the president personally, but they are feeling the brunt of a variety of decisions.
Apple News Today
How an “administrative error” sent a man to a Salvadoran prison
Commodity prices are so low and costs are so high that Congress authorized $10 billion in economic aid in December that's just going out now. So these are tough times for farmers already to be contending with new challenges.
Apple News Today
How an “administrative error” sent a man to a Salvadoran prison
When our photographer went to meet up with him, his forklift that he had hoped to replace and instead is just repairing wouldn't start. He can't finish a packing and processing facility that he was building to help him scale up. He can't buy a machine that would kind of parcel honey out into little packets to use to sell to school districts.
Apple News Today
How an “administrative error” sent a man to a Salvadoran prison
So it's really slowing his ability to scale up his operations.
Apple News Today
How an “administrative error” sent a man to a Salvadoran prison
For farmers, there are constraints that don't exist elsewhere. For example, seasons and growing conditions. You can't just grow an avocado anywhere. Some U.S. companies grow tomatoes and avocados in Mexico because the growing conditions are so much more favorable there.
Apple News Today
How an “administrative error” sent a man to a Salvadoran prison
So one of the things they're saying is, you know, we support the president's goals, but just practically, it's really hard to do some of those things in the U.S. in April.
Apple News Today
Why RFK Jr. wants to ban Trump’s favorite drink
There have been lawmakers and states from the Republican Party, Democratic Party for years who have been discussing whether the government should be subsidizing these purchases. And they believe that it could boost the sort of overall nutritional impact of the food aid program if you said we're not going to let people use these benefits to buy sugary desserts or sugary drinks.
Apple News Today
Why RFK Jr. wants to ban Trump’s favorite drink
That's been a longstanding argument that this is going to place a burden on retailers. It's going to be hard to go through every item and decide which has to be restricted and which can be included in the program. Are cashiers going to have to play interference?
Apple News Today
Why RFK Jr. wants to ban Trump’s favorite drink
There's also an argument you hear from Democrats and anti-hunger groups that say people on the food aid program have the same dignity as everyone else. We shouldn't be telling them what they can and can't eat. We don't tell anyone else what they can and can't eat.
Apple News Today
Why RFK Jr. wants to ban Trump’s favorite drink
They're making a political argument that President Trump's supporters and the people who voted for him in their polling do not want to restrict soda. And they make an argument that doing so would make these people feel like second-class citizens and that it would not score any political points for President Trump or Republicans.