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You’re right about everything except the price of eggs. They’ve definitely come down. They were like $7 for a dozen a few months back.
Edit: what’s the point of downvoting somebody that is stating facts and is not wrong? Is it just to push the facts lower in the thread so fewer people see facts?
Its lower than it was a few months ago but still twice as high as last year
I guess it depends on where you live and all, but in general, you’re probably just wrong. Just checked my Kroger receipt from a year ago and it was $3.69 for 18 eggs. It is currently $4.29 for the same eggs.
As a matter of fact, my receipt from Dec 28th shows prices were 4.99.
There plenty of things you can use to bash Trump on, but eggs aren’t one.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/APU0000708111
I exaggerated, but according to the BLS:
So they're cheaper than they were at their peak in March but still not "down". I wasn't the one grilling Trump on egg prices, just want to clarify that he certainly hasn't actually lowered them anywhere near where they were. They're still way overpriced from the norm.
https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-average-price-data.htm
Overall I think Egg prices just aren’t the example to use. It’s too easy for MAGA to refute. Even the website you shared shows their prices skyrocketing before Trump took office and dropping within Trump’s first 100 days in office.
If I were Trump, I would be using Egg prices as a sign of how well my administration was doing.
The reality is, he has nothing to do with egg prices, just like Biden didn’t. Associating it with Trump means you need to credit him with the good and not just the bad.
I agree there are better points to attack Trump on than strictly eggs. On the other hand, it's frustrating to see anyone giving him credit here. Inflation was a big issue MAGA blamed Biden for - the fact that eggs aren't $2 anymore was Bidenomics, and Trump was the cure. But the facts here refute that - after being $2 for decades, the prices blew up after the Trump-mismanaged pandemic, and allowed to remain high in part due to corporate price gouging that took advantage of the pandemic supply issues - enabled by right wing policies - and now Trump is back and they're still nowhere near $2.
Thanks for the discussion, I engage in good faith!
It’s unfortunate that Republicans can effectively blame Biden for inflation that is 100% not his fault. But Democrats cannot do the same with Trump because the majority of Democrats are honest with themselves about what the problems are.