Posted on 12/30/2022 6:40:55 AM PST by Kaiser8408a
79%?
try 300+%....................🤷♂️
I don’t think the avian flu had much to do with Biden.
I saw there’s a limit on buying only 2 dozen eggs at the grocery store. Wonder what will be next?
I’ve been pondering a chicken coop and chickens for a while. But they’re a pain.
Maybe even more. Places we used to get them for $1 are now over $6. Some of that increase took place before Feb 2022, but it has still been a huge spike since then.
We need some answers. Any chance regulators — perhaps with a touch of anti-meat ideology — are overreacting to the avian flu just they are doing with COVID? One bad chicken and they kill a half million of them? Does the flu get transmitted through eggs?
I’ve isolated and masked all of my chickens to no avail. Don’t even mention Covid19 vaxxing them, it kills the graveyard dead. They told me the masking thing is stupid.
Another report appears to indicate a lower percentage rate in some locations. Regardless, the middle income ‘class’ is rapidly being reduced to lower income ‘class’.
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79%?
try 300+%....................🤷♂️
Which do you prefer market price or no eggs? “Price gouging” is what politicians call supply and demand to make themselves look good to people who are completely ignorant of basic economics
another commie on the board ....
I know it when I see it... Price gouging is real. And it has been rampant since the Covid hoax.
Fortunately.
Because then there'd be no eggs.
Democrats were trying to pass a "price gouging" bill against gas companies that would've resulted in long lines at the pump, gallon limits, and shortages.
The only thing worse than expensive gas would be no gas to buy at all and that's exactly what would happen.
So chickens will stop laying eggs?
There will always be eggs, and if you gouge the price... You will notice something... You won't be selling as many eggs as your competitor who's selling them cheaper than you. The market will correct itself, but in the meantime... Price gouging should be illegal.
Who gets to determine what constitutes "price gouging"?
Chickens are not a pain. We have 18. I live on 2 acres in Massachusetts. They’re the easiest animals I’ve ever taken care of. They eat practically anything, are very cold-tolerant, and are easy to protect in a simple coop. We get 10 to 12 delicious eggs a day.
We don’t have a rooster (you need permission from neighbors that are within 400 feet of your house) but don’t want one anyway. Every few years we just buy some new chicks at about $2.50 a pop.
My wife is an engineer and likes to collect data. She’s logged in a notebook the color and weight of every egg we’ve collected. We’re over 8,000 eggs in 5 years.
It’s been great with our three kids too. They’ve been learning about caring for animals and see the results. Getting the chickens was one of the best decisions we made. I highly recommend it.
1) Pass laws against price gouging, 2) some bureaucrat dictates that the proper retail price is below the cost of production, 3) egg producers will stop producing eggs, either voluntarily, or involuntarily when they go broke.
Eggs will be selling for $2.49/dozen sometime in 2023.
Laws can not stop inflation. Ask Richard Nixon and his WIN buttons. Ask Jimmy Carter about price controls.
Main reason prices did not inflate during Trump years is because he reduced regulations on businesses and cut corporate taxes.
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