The thing is you can save a ton of money on a few non-food items to make it worth it. Just over-the-counter medicines save me a huge chunk of the membership fee. Then there are just random household goods: paper products, trash bags, dishwasher detergent, etc.

Their pharmacy is A+.

I get my dogs seizure meds there and they're about $10 a month but at a regular pharmacy they'd be $300+.

You can use the pharmacy without a membership.

Renting a car once a year through Costco Travel is worth the membership fee.

I've been seeing more and more of these "weird" membership perks. I had not seen the car rental until now. I've seen the vacations and other home repair/upgrade things. I'm in a perpetual disagreement with Enterprise that makes them not allow me to rent a car from them or their sub-brands (which is most of them now it seems). I might check into Costco's offerings for this summer. Thanks for the reminder.

It's great for canned goods and anything bulk for cooking, see: salmon.

We've been buying their "fresh" salmon (not freeze-packed) for years, until parasites started crawling out of one fillet. Statistically nothing, but the wife will never buy it again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Glasses is another place where the savings are astounding

There are tariffs on every country, not just China. This isn’t like his first term in office. Can you speak to the impacts of those tariffs?

Looking purely at import volumes, most of those other countries haven't experienced drop-offs like China. Canada exports about the same amount of goods to the US today as they did in early 2024. Mexico is in a similar trend. What I see is that when Chinese buying dipped due to exorbitant tariffs, Canada and Mexico spiked until they were also hit with tariffs, returning to their previous levels.

Also dealers are one of the most reliable GOP funding sources. The GOP does not like EVs.

They are not.

> you allow for policy that doesn't maximize the cost of real estate over the interests of the majority of the population.

How do you think homeowners would feel about a policy that doesn't maximize the value of their homes. That's just another way to phrase "maximizing the cost of real estate"?

Evidence please.

Evidence of what exactly? That RFK Jr. focuses on healthy eating while vilifying vaccines and other established health practices?

"That putting other substances (e.g. vaccines) in your body will make you unhealthy."

This, obviously.

Maybe there’s a miscommunication. I don’t believe that statement. It’s something that RFK Jr believes.

My mistake, apologies

So your pastor or priest conveniently rejects you if you have a chronic illness.

It’s not a death panel when it’s divinely inspired I suppose.

Have some examples?

They could try selling their services above cost.

It's highway robbery how cheap tokens are right now. Enjoy the free lunch while it lasts

Exactly - its like every VC company in the history of VC subsidized costs for growth. Once those tentacles have latched beware the exit costs though!

The tentacles seem a bit limp and disorientated on this one. There are lots of them but they just seem to flop wetly against the windows. I hope they're not going to start decomposing and stink the place up.