I’ve had a little pushback lately. Funny thing is — it’s only a handful of people, and they’re local. So let me be very clear. This is not a one-person show. Yes, I founded it. But sitting at the table with me every single day are producers and industry professionals with 30, 40, even 50 years in this business. Men and women who helped build this industry — and watched it get stripped apart by consolidation. Our goal is simple: Bring American beef back to the American people Restore real competition to the cattle market Return power, transparency, and stability to producers If you don’t like what I’m saying, scroll on. If you don’t want to join the ARA, that’s fine — this is a free country. But if competition scares you, you’re not defending the industry — you’re defending the problem. This isn’t hypothetical. This is already happening. We are standing hand in hand with local and regional processors across the U.S. We have dedicated shackle space. We are onboarding retailers right now. And instead of lining corporate pockets, our margins are structured to return dividends back to producers. American beef will be back in American grocery stores — with less volatility, more stability, and accountability built in. If you’re a restaurant owner, grocery buyer, or know one who wants real American beef: 👉 GoARABeef.org We’re not talking someday. We’re moving beef very soon. And for the Debbie Downers — if competition scares you, this message wasn’t for you. #AmericanBeef #RancherLed #EndTheMonopoly #FoodSovereignty #competitionworks

In @insideclimate, @dangearino explores why states restructured electricity markets: to fix monopoly failures, and deliver lower-cost, reliable power. Now, some utilities want to roll back competition in PJM, but experts warn it would raise bills and shift risk to consumers. 🔗 Read more here: tinyurl.com/47mk6uua #EnergyMarkets #CompetitionWorks #PJM #AffordableEnergy

Dear Seth Abramson, How absolutely precious that you think you understand tariffs better than basic economics! Your confidence in being completely wrong is almost admirable - like watching someone confidently explain that the moon is made of cheese. Let me walk you through something called "market dynamics" - a concept apparently missing from your progressive education. When a foreign company sells widgets for $30 and faces a 20% tariff, they don't automatically pass that entire $6 to consumers like some economic robot. There's this revolutionary thing called competition that makes capitalism beautiful and tariffs effective. If that foreign company raises their price to $36 while an American company already produces the same widget for $33, guess what happens? The foreign company will likely eat $4 of that tariff and sell at $32 to stay competitive. That's capitalism working exactly as intended - forcing foreign producers to absorb costs rather than exploit American consumers. But here's where it gets even better: if they keep their product at $36, more Americans buy the $33 domestic option, increasing demand for American-made goods. This forces domestic companies to expand production, hire more workers, and eventually achieve economies of scale that drive prices down further. Meanwhile, we're rebuilding American manufacturing instead of sending our wealth overseas. You claim "literally none of the money is coming from outside the United States" - which is objectively false. The EU is paying us a 15% tariff rate while investing $600 billion in American manufacturing. Japan pays 15% while purchasing $8 billion in American goods and 100 Boeing aircraft. Indonesia agreed to 19% while eliminating barriers on 99% of U.S. products. We've collected nearly $90 billion in tariff duties since January, with a record $27.2 billion surplus in June. These are payments FROM foreign governments TO our treasury, generating revenue without raising income taxes on American families. It's literally money flowing INTO America from outside sources. Your statement is factually incorrect on every level. As for "how many Americans are stupid enough to fall for this scam" - perhaps you should ask yourself why you fell for the scam that tariffs don't work when they've already generated billions in revenue, secured massive foreign investment commitments, and are rebuilding American manufacturing capacity. But please, continue explaining economics while being fundamentally wrong about basic trade mechanics. It's educational - just not in the way you intended. #EconomicReality #TariffsWork #ForeignersPayUs #MarketDynamics101 #CompetitionWorks #AmericaFirst #TradeBalance #BasicEconomics #FactsOverFeelings

Dear Alex Cole, How adorable that you think foreign countries paying us tariffs somehow equals "taxing your own citizens harder." Your economic education must have come from the same source as someone thinking a car payment goes to the car instead of the bank. Let me walk you through something called "market dynamics" - a concept apparently missing from your TikTok education. When a foreign company sells widgets for $30 and faces a 20% tariff, they don't automatically pass that entire $6 to consumers like some economic robot. There's this revolutionary thing called competition that makes capitalism beautiful and tariffs effective. If that foreign company raises their price to $36 while an American company already produces the same widget for $33, guess what happens? The foreign company will likely eat $4 of that tariff and sell at $32 to stay competitive. That's capitalism working exactly as intended - forcing foreign producers to absorb costs rather than exploit American consumers. But here's where it gets even better: if they keep their product at $36, more Americans buy the $33 domestic option, increasing demand for American-made goods. This forces domestic companies to expand production, hire more workers, and eventually achieve economies of scale that drive prices down further. Meanwhile, we're rebuilding American manufacturing instead of sending our wealth overseas. Now about your "reparations" comment - that's particularly rich coming from someone who apparently doesn't understand basic economics OR history. Speaking of reparations, let's address the elephant in the room: exactly WHO would pay reparations, and TO whom? The Republican Party was founded in 1854 specifically to oppose slavery expansion. Republicans passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, elected the first 16 Black congressmen during Reconstruction, and consistently fought for civil rights. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party defended slavery, created Jim Crow laws, filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 75 days, and founded Planned Parenthood with Margaret Sanger's explicit goal of controlling Black populations. So when you talk about "reparations," are you suggesting that Republicans - the party that fought to FREE enslaved people - should pay reparations to compensate for what Democrats DID to them? That's like asking the Underground Railroad to pay damages for slavery. The logic is so backwards it's actually impressive. But here's the mathematical impossibility of comprehensive reparations: virtually every demographic group in America has faced historical marginalization. African Americans, Native Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, Jewish Americans, Asian Americans (remember those internment camps?), Hispanic Americans, and countless others. If we collected $500 from every American (340 million people), we'd have $170 billion. But if we distribute it to everyone with connections to marginalized groups, we're essentially redistributing money in a circle while creating astronomical administrative costs. Yes, there may be some temporary price increases on certain goods as markets adjust to tariffs - I'm not going to pretend otherwise. But this pales in comparison to Biden's inflation policies that cost the average American family over $7,400 annually. Biden's inflation was pure economic destruction where nobody won except our adversaries. With strategic tariffs, we collect nearly $90 billion in revenue (with a record $27.2 billion surplus in June) while forcing other countries to invest in American manufacturing. The EU is paying us 15% while investing $600 billion in American manufacturing. Japan pays 15% while purchasing $8 billion in American goods and 100 Boeing aircraft. Indonesia agreed to 19% while eliminating barriers on 99% of U.S. products. These aren't "taxes on citizens" - they're strategic payments from foreign governments that fund American priorities without raising income taxes on working families. Your comparison to reparations reveals the profound irony: these tariffs are actually correcting decades of unfair trade relationships where America got ripped off. We're finally making other countries pay their fair share instead of freeloading off American consumers. Meanwhile, Democrats continue their 150-year pattern of economic exploitation - now defending a system where undocumented workers are trapped in modern slavery because "Americans won't do these jobs" (at slave wages). Same party, same playbook, different victims. #EconomicReality #TariffsWork #ForeignersPayUs #AmericaFirst #HistoryMatters #ReparationsLogic #TradeBalance #DemocraticHypocrisy #ModernSlavery #RevenueGeneration #MarketDynamics101 #CompetitionWorks

Dear BrooklynDad_Defiant!, How refreshing to see another economics expert emerge from the Twitter university of oversimplified takes! Your understanding of tariffs is about as sophisticated as thinking a car engine runs on wishes and unicorn tears. Let me walk you through something called "market dynamics" - a concept apparently missing from your TikTok education. When a foreign company sells widgets for $30 and faces a 20% tariff, they don't automatically pass that entire $6 to consumers like some economic robot. There's this revolutionary thing called competition that makes capitalism beautiful and tariffs effective. If that foreign company raises their price to $36 while an American company already produces the same widget for $33, guess what happens? The foreign company will likely eat $4 of that tariff and sell at $32 to stay competitive. That's capitalism working exactly as intended - forcing foreign producers to absorb costs rather than exploit American consumers. But here's where it gets even better: if they keep their product at $36, more Americans buy the $33 domestic option, increasing demand for American-made goods. This forces domestic companies to expand production, hire more workers, and eventually achieve economies of scale that drive prices down further. Meanwhile, we're rebuilding American manufacturing instead of sending our wealth overseas. Speaking of costs, where was your outrage when Biden's inflation policies cost the average American family over $7,400 annually? But somehow you're panicked about strategic tariffs that actually generate revenue while protecting American jobs? The irony is thick enough to cut with a butter knife. Biden raised costs through incompetent monetary and energy policies where nobody wins except our adversaries. With tariffs, we're paying down our national debt instead of raising income taxes on working families to fund government waste. At least our money stays in America while we level the playing field against countries that have been exploiting us for decades. The EU just agreed to pay us a 15% tariff rate while investing $600 billion in American manufacturing. Japan is paying 15% while purchasing $8 billion in American goods and 100 Boeing aircraft. Indonesia agreed to 19% while eliminating barriers on 99% of U.S. products. These aren't "attacks on consumers" - they're strategic negotiations that put America first. But sure, let's panic about market forces working exactly as they should while ignoring the real economic destruction of the previous administration. #TariffsThatWork #AmericaFirst #MarketEconomics101 #CompetitionWorks #RealEconomicPolicy #BuildAmericanJobs #TradeBalance

Dear JoJo, How delightfully ironic that you're celebrating the efficiency of our healthcare system while simultaneously advocating for the very policies that would destroy it! Your mammogram enthusiasm is truly heartwarming – particularly since you can actually get one without waiting six months for government approval. But here's the beautiful contradiction in your healthcare activism: you're praising the immediate access and quality care that comes from our current system while simultaneously pushing for "Medicare for All" that would eliminate exactly what you're celebrating. Perhaps between your healthcare victory laps, you missed how government-run systems actually work? Let's examine your beloved single-payer fantasy through actual data. In Canada's "superior" system, the median wait time for treatment after referral from a general practitioner was 30.0 weeks in 2024 – nearly eight months! In the UK's NHS, over 7.8 million people are waiting for routine surgeries, with some cancer patients waiting months for "urgent" treatment. But sure, let's replicate that efficiency here. Your mammogram experience perfectly illustrates why market-based healthcare works: competition drives quality, innovation, and accessibility. That "packed" radiology department? It exists because hospitals compete for patients by providing excellent service. Under government healthcare, rationing replaces competition, and bureaucrats replace doctors in making medical decisions. Here's what's particularly fascinating about your position: you simultaneously celebrate healthcare access while supporting policies that would eliminate the insurance coverage and medical innovation that made your positive experience possible. But let's talk about what government healthcare really means. Under single-payer systems, bureaucrats literally decide whether your life is worth the cost of treatment. They create "quality-adjusted life years" formulas to determine if someone with breast cancer has "enough productive years left" to justify expensive treatment, or if it's more "cost-effective" to just provide palliative care. Those treatment guidelines you're so grateful to access? They'd be replaced by government cost-benefit analysis that might conclude a 65-year-old woman doesn't warrant aggressive cancer treatment. That immediate mammogram you received? Under government healthcare, you'd be on a waiting list where bureaucrats determine screening schedules based on population statistics, not individual risk factors. Don't believe me? Ask British women why mammogram intervals were stretched to every three years instead of annually – purely cost-cutting disguised as "evidence-based medicine." Maybe between your mammogram celebrations and Medicare-for-All fantasies, you could study why people flee from government healthcare systems to seek treatment in America. Just a thought! #HealthcareFreedom #MarketBasedMedicine #AmericanHealthcare #CompetitionWorks #GovernmentHealthcareFails #QualityCare #MedicalInnovation #PatientChoice #NoDeathPanels #HealthcareRationing

Dear Nina, Congratulations! You just perfectly demonstrated why we don't need government mandates - the market is already working! **Your Own Example Destroys Your Argument:** Chipotle pays $15-18/hour starting wage, more than double the federal minimum. They also offer benefits, tuition assistance, and advancement opportunities. Funny how companies competing for workers solve this "crisis" without your government intervention! **Awkward Economic Reality:** Over 98% of workers earn above minimum wage because - shocking revelation - employers have to compete for labor. The market already values workers above $7.25/hour without Nina Turner's legislative genius. **Your Flawed Logic:** Comparing hourly labor to a product price is economically illiterate. Should we price wages based on Big Mac costs? iPhone prices? Starbucks lattes? That's not how economics works, but I understand complex market principles might be challenging. **The Real Issue:** You're advocating government force to mandate what the free market already provides. Classic Quinn's Law #6 - "Liberals don't think their programs fail; they just think they haven't been allowed to spend enough money or do enough of it yet." **Here's A Thought:** Instead of demanding taxpayers fund your latest wealth redistribution scheme, maybe celebrate that companies like Chipotle are voluntarily paying living wages while providing career advancement? But that would require acknowledging the market works better than government mandates - and where's the political fundraising opportunity in that? **Pro Tip:** When your own example proves government intervention is unnecessary, perhaps choose a different talking point next time. #MarketSolutionsWork #ChipotlePaysMore #EconomicsNotEmotions #VoluntaryNotMandated #CompetitionWorks #FreeMarketWins #QuinnsLaw6 #GovernmentNotNeeded #NinaSpendingAgain

#Argentina 🇦🇷🧉🏉 - Tariff drop barely announced - Local producers start dropping prices right away #CompetitionWorks

The Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition issued a statement in support of legislation in Minnesota that would overturn the State’s Right of First Refusal Law. #competitionworks

What would you do if the government gave you a tuition check, even better a credit the summer before your child's new school year, to use on education? We could do that. #SchoolChoice #CompetitionWorks

Great @BLaw Daniel Moore report, bit.ly/45dPevz, as 20-yr US blackout anniversary renews call for Power Grid updates. @LSPowerGroup joins Justice Dept & FTC in urging @FERC to nix language allowing utilities Right of First Refusal for regional projects. #competitionworks

Some monopolies are more equal than others? #FreeGolf! #LIVGolf #PGA #CompetitionWorks

Following embarrassing NCEPC presentations by John Locke Foundation and the Caesar Rodney Institute, here's what offshore wind would actually look like in NC (hint: you can't see it with the naked eye) sewind.org/images/fact_sheet… @SEWindCo @ApexCleanEnergy @Orsted #CompetitionWorks

#CompetitionWorks ¿Por qué se bloqueó la fusión Facebook-Giphy? En el presente video, Mario Zúñiga, abogado por la PUCP y Competition & Markets Leader en EY Law Perú, responde a esta y más interrogantes. Mira el video completo en el siguiente enlace: youtu.be/bnHHDr4In5E

#CompetitionWorks En esta oportunidad, Mario Zuñiga, líder de la práctica de Competencia y mercado en EY Perú, nos brinda las precisiones sobre el etiquetado de las grasas trans. Link al artículo: bit.ly/3nVUnVE

Govt regulated utilities have been tripping over themselves to blame the TX disaster on competition and renewables. But yesterday, a utility official testified under oath in SC that lack of regional connection was the real problem in TX. @senatortomdavis #CompetitionWorks

Great quick explainer of competitive wholesale electricity markets and the value they provide from @EPSAnews. #competitionworks youtube.com/watch?v=tTWlOQyJ…

#CompetitionWorks #DatosPersonales ¿En qué casos la protección de datos personales resulta excesiva? En el siguiente artículo, Mario Zúñiga, Líder de Competencia y Mercados en EY Law, reflexiona sobre el tema. bit.ly/3jEJXGw

#CompetitionWorks Mario Zúñiga analiza el proyecto de Ley recientemente aprobado por el pleno del Congreso de la República para modificar el régimen de control de concentraciones. Para ver el video completo, acceder al siguiente enlace: bit.ly/3jYQRow

🚨 #LibreCompetencia En este videopost de #CompetitionWorks, analizamos el proyecto de Ley recientemente aprobado en el pleno del Congreso de la República para modificar el régimen de control de concentraciones. #EYLaw #ControldeConcentraciones youtube.com/watch?v=34sTOdr-…