Okay, it's just one set of hoofbeats. Might be a horse, might be a zebra. But it doesn't seem like a good sign when a major candy distributor files for bankruptcy shortly before Halloween.
Sure, SNAP benefits have been shut off by the shutdown (there is, of course, a lawsuit. Wonder if you can cook that up and eat it? Nope). Sure, ACA subsidies are expiring and there's no plan to bring 'em back; if you got your health insurance through the Feds or one of the state exchanges, the price is going up, and possibly by quite a lot. And there's a whole big mess around Federally-subsidized flood insurance, too. But candy at Halloween? The people who usually couldn't afford it still can't; this is result of people who once could deciding they'd better not.
Oops.
Update
10 months ago
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