• papertowels@mander.xyz
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    19 hours ago

    Subsidize egg prices with all the money he’s supposedly saving?

    My understanding is that he’s giving $400 million in direct subsidies to egg farmers, as part of a $1 billion package to USDA to lower the cost of eggs.

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      14 hours ago

      My understanding is that he’s giving $400 million in direct subsidies to egg farmers, as part of a $1 billion package to USDA to increase the profits of egg producers.

      I think my edit is probably closer to the mark