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I love Friday’s because it always reminds me of Connie. Every Friday we do a Flashback and TYPICALLY I can remember what she said or how we came up with the question. This one I do remember. We were daydreaming about winning that sweet sweet lotto money and how we would both spend a weekend in Italy if we were loaded. After much deliberation we also decided we would bring our spouses. Honestly, Connie said she’d bring Dan right away so I just said “I guess I’ll bring Alicia then” … whatcha gonna do. TEXT QUESTION OF THE DAY:

We're in a blueberry patch. i'll use this as an example. a big box of blueberries in the united states, the farmer needs to get $21 for it. from mexico, they need 16. so you're talking about a differential of about 25 to 35%. that makes it impossible to compete. here's jerome crosby. he works blueberries and other crops. you say the president is listening but you need more. tell me about that. >> we're trying to have a conversation with the administration to make them aware of our needs to battle the imports from mexico. it's true that their imports drop our prices 25 to 30%. we hope that the ...