WSJ's "Let them eat cake" moment

A typical liberal response to a real issue.

The supplements american chicken farmers feed their chickens, to produce more eggs, they get from the ccp. And the ccp has cut off America. Chickens eat grain, the war in ukraine, has led to higher grain prices.

Spring is almost here, migratory birds bring avian flu.

Who needs to eat breakfast anyways?

Here's a good graph for you. I'll tell you the highlights...

January 2023 prices were US $4.82 per dozen of Grade A large eggs.
December 2022 prices were $4.25 per dozen of the same eggs.
November 2022 prices were $3.59 per dozen.
And in November 2021 prices were $1.72 per dozen in an average US city.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111

The good news...none of the thousands of new IRS agents are coming for tips or wage earners under $400k. 😉

That's according to Fox Business, and who knows if Biden will break the promise

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-irs-nominee-promises-not-increase-audits-households-making-less-than-400k

Biden has contributed to the egg price raising because in other countries, they have had egg price increases but not as high percentage wise...

Eggs have increased by 70.1% in the US, yet in the UK eggs have increased by 12% on the same period in 2021, and in New Zealand egg prices climbed 28.8% in December 2022 compared to December 2021.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/14/business/grocery-prices-cpi/index.html
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/historical-statistic-notices-on-uk-egg-production-and-prices-2022/united-kingdom-egg-statistics-quarter-1-2022
https://www.globalfoodconsumers.org/news/global-egg-scarcity/