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04/25/2008: "Food Rationing Stuns Customers Across U.S."

At Costco stores across America, store managers have said no to shoppers wanting to purchase more than their allotted amount for certain food stuffs. “Due to the limited availability of rice, we are limiting purchases based on your prior purchasing history," read one sign in a store in Mountain View, California. In Queens, New York, quotas are being imposed on oil and flour purchases.

For over 12 years the Trumpet has predicted that food shortages would eventually grip the United States; now, they have arrived. As Joel Hilliker stated in his column last week, "It’s easy to click away or change the channel when you’ve got plenty to eat yourself. But America is hardly invulnerable."

Author Monica Davis also warned of the susceptibility of U.S. food supplies to shortages in the present market: "Even the United States is not immune from the potential for food shortages, food riots and food insecurity. We are just blind to the possibility."

[ It will do most Americans good to tighten their belts. ]

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