• shoulderoforion@fedia.io
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    eggs went from about ~$3.00 us to ~$8.00 us for a dozen large, that coupled with every other fucking thing that’s gone through the roof in unabated unregulated “post pandemic” inflation, hits just about everyone, it hurts, and means or causes fear that just about everyone will stop being able to afford their basic needs

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      Ouch, man. Now I can begin to understand. They are around $1 a dozen here, and we think that’s expensive.

      But their prices are quite decoupled from everything else right now (eggs and chicken meat). So you will very likely get severe inflation and more difficulty on affording your basic needs, but that’s because of Trump, and the price of the eggs is actually not relevant to the overall picture.

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        the price of eggs is relevant in that the states and federal government do not have the processes in place to protect the chicken and egg supplies from viruses like the Avian Influenza H5N1 making their availability tenuous and prone to spikes like we’re seeing now. the price of eggs is relevant for public safety. there’s few things more fundemental.