Summary

Egg prices are projected to rise by 41% in 2025, according to the USDA, following an already steep increase due to a severe bird flu outbreak that reduced egg-laying hen populations.

The current average price per dozen is nearly $5, with some areas seeing prices as high as $10. Restaurants like Waffle House and Denny’s have added surcharges.

Meanwhile, the USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers, sparking criticism.

Trump stated his administration will take action but has offered no specifics.

  • imvii@lemmy.ca
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    USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers

    No. No they didn’t.

    They fired people to try to free money for more tax breaks for the top 1% with zero concern if these people were needed or useful.

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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      Close: they are enemies of the United States acting out of malice toward the goal of weakening the United States.

      We are under attack.

      • commander@lemmings.world
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        They are enemies of the US, their goal is to weaken it, and we are under attack.

        That said, they care about enriching themselves and their loyal buddies more than anything else.

        “It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’d been fooled.” - Mark Twain

        Look at how insanely difficult, if not impossible, our job is at educating these morons on how they’re being taken for a ride by conmen. The longer it goes on the more they’d have to admit they’re wrong about, which makes it even less likely they’ll realize it.

        Being a useful idiot is really a sunk-cost fallacy on a life scale.

        • rayyy@lemmy.world
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          our job is at educating these morons on how they’re being taken for a ride by conmen

          Except you are up against all the money and power of the top oligarchs and all of Putin’s psyops resources. They control the MSM and the main stream social media, (MSSM).
          The brain washing is strong.

        • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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          …even less likely…

          Take it back take it back 😭

          (An example of a recent morning mood: “Well we weren’t nuked last night!”)

          • MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            Nuclear weapons? Nah I think it should have happened by now if it was going to. The government needs to selectively kill some of us, because if it killed all of us there would be no one left to enslave.

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      The less eggs you can afford to buy increases the supply for the people who do not need to worry about the price of eggs.