Trump Official Blames Migrants For Beef Prices, Not Corporate Greed
Yes, while actual economists point to meatpacker monopolies enjoying record profits and supply chain disruptions, a former Trump official has found a simpler scapegoat: brown people and the current administration. This conveniently overlooks the fact that between 1977 and 2018, the number of cattle slaughtering plants plummeted by 60%, leaving four massive corporations in control of 85% of the US
beef market. That kind of consolidation tends to drive up prices faster than any border crossing. It's a classic move: divert attention from systemic issues—like a cozy oligarchy raking in billions—by conjuring a foreign boogeyman. Because why address the actual structural failings of capitalism when you can just blame the hungry? One might wonder if blaming migrants is cheaper PR than breaking up
trusts.