# Price of Eggs as Politicized Inflation Indicator

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs-as-politicized-inflation-indicator/1009285 "2024-10-27T01:44:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-eggs-as-politicized-inflation-indicator/1009285/7 "2024-10-27T03:48:12Z")

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> [@PhillyGuy](#):
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> The cheapest eggs you’ll find can cost as little as 59 cents at a big-box store while the most discerning connoisseurs are willing to spend upward of $7 for the finest eggs available.

Here in Canada, I cannot fathom how a dozen eggs could cost 59 cents. Even if the total production cost was zero, I can’t see how that would even cover transportation costs or the retailer’s markup. I’m used to paying between $5 and $7 for a dozen good quality large eggs from a free-run farm.

Anyway, back on topic, **[over in this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210/59)** I shared a link to a Fox News article that included an infographic purporting to show how Biden has wrecked the economy and created rampant inflation. It’s a total lie. What these Republican assholes are doing is, if not outright lying, cherry-picking specific items that are **not** representative of the general trend in the Consumer Price Index. Like showing dramatic price increases in the price of gas in California (unwritten subtext: “all Biden’s fault!”) neglecting to mention that it’s due to state-specific issues and that nationally, overall energy prices have seen a **significant decline** since the start of the Biden administration, and that otherwise the CPI is only slightly higher than it was at the beginning of 2020. This whole “inflation” thing is just typical Republican disinformation to win elections.

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