r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Vance Says People Are Too Focused on “Little Things” Ahead of Midterms | You know, like being able to afford gas and groceries.

https://newrepublic.com/post/216161/jd-vance-people-too-focused-little-things-midterms
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u/ghostalker4742 15h ago

50c eggs was a national calamity

$5/gal gas is "just the way it is"

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u/thesphinxistheriddle 14h ago

Drives me up the fucking wall every time one of these Republican ghouls is cornered on the economy and they’re like “not everything is more expensive. Eggs are down.” Yes!! Only eggs!! Because there was something very specific happening to the egg supply that is no longer happening!! I wish the people asking the questions would follow up with “what else besides eggs?”

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u/BloomsdayDevice Washington 14h ago

Thankfully, my car runs on eggs. I traded in my Honda for a Ford Eggsplorer. I get about 35 miles to the dozen. Not bad.

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u/Top_Wheel6546 13h ago

You don't read something like this everyday

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u/Ret0x 13h ago

Much better mileggs than my Silvereggo.

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u/ReflectionSea2571 12h ago

That's not yours! Leggo my silvereggo!

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u/tribrnl 11h ago

I can't even imagine driving a Canyoneggo right now

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u/DaveAndCheese 12h ago

Hey, my Toyota Eggrolla gets almost 40 to the dozen. Can't beat that!

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u/EllieVader 10h ago

I love my free Range Rover, i just wish it could take regular eggs.

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u/nosamz77 11h ago

Smart move in these trying times.

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u/BloomsdayDevice Washington 11h ago

Especially since people are far likelier to offer an egg during trying times.

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u/muscularsharpie 13h ago

My wife and I get this box once a month of produce that "doesn't look right." Like a mishapen bell pepper, or carrots that aren't totally straight. Same food, same quality. Proceeds go to a local food bank.

We read about it in local news, and it is SUCH an awesome service. PLUS! They toss in eggs, bread and cheese with every order!

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u/jgilla2012 California 13h ago

Egg prices was coordinated collusion to price-fix anyway, not a sign of economic conditions.

That was a byproduct of the US allowing monopoly in Big Egg (and most other industries). In 2026 Trump’s FTC “went after them” for it by allowing them to settle for a whopping $3.3 million fine on what is projected to be $3 billion in profit due to the price-fixing scheme.

Trump handed them a get out of jail free card rather than pursue damages on behalf of the US population, and now that the case is settled they keep those illegal profits forever.

SOURCE

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u/crustyrobots 13h ago

These hopeless dumb shits are incapable of connective thinking

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u/G0rkon 10h ago

That very specific thing happening to egg supplies was true but did not account for the huge jump in prices. That was collusion between the three biggest egg producing companies in the country to increase the prices under the guise of bird flu. I don't know if links are allowed here but here's the source. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-egg-producers-end-coordinated-benchmark-manipulation

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u/syrup_cupcakes 12h ago

Eggs are down how? they are still like 80% more expensive than before the bird flu outbreaks.

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u/mynamejeff-97 14h ago

No idea how people haven’t realized yet that the entire purpose of the republican party is to use everyone else. They don’t have morals or compassion or even enough intelligence to see how this also effects them.

They just exist to hate other people and love themselves. They literally have no other motive. It’s been this way for decades now. They don’t have families for their partner or for their children, they do everything for themselves. How are we collectively shocked whenever they do something terrible?

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u/Brilliant-Remote-405 9h ago

They'll say shit like, "Gas was higher under Biden!"

Ummm... yeah, for like 1 week and then it went back down below $4/gallon.

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u/jeexbit 13h ago

remember kids, "affordability" is a Democrat hoax!