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California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/01/california-chicken-cage-size-law-expected-to-increase-egg-prices/?intcmp=latestnews

It is an AP article at FOX News. More regulation in California.  :mental:
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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2015, 09:03:11 PM »
So, must the urban farmer trade up her chicken coupe for a sedan?
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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2015, 10:57:03 PM »
The wee bit of conspiracy theorist in me notices an attack on protein.  Reduced animal protein = reduced testosterone = a wimpier society = more easily controlled. 

Eat more beef! 

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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2015, 11:20:13 PM »
Eat more beef!

Doing my part!

Bacon, too, of course.
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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2015, 10:10:12 AM »
I don't have a problem with the basic issue of food animals being treated humanely, within reason, until they're harvested, but laws like this can be used as a vehicle to achieve any number of other bad ends like food control and restraint of trade.
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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2015, 12:43:58 PM »
I don't have a problem with the basic issue of food animals being treated humanely, within reason, until they're harvested, but laws like this can be used as a vehicle to achieve any number of other bad ends like food control and restraint of trade.
What are you saying? That extreme liberalism cost money and extends control of the masses to the elite few.
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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2015, 12:58:30 PM »
What are you saying? That extreme liberalism cost money and extends control of the masses to the elite few.

It all boils down to control over people, the cost part is just economic coercion rather than outright orders about food, or prohibition of particular items.  A coercive scheme that begins from understandable motives is all too easily turned to foul purposes by social control power freaks.
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Re: California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2015, 01:06:29 PM »
It all boils down to control over people, the cost part is just economic coercion rather than outright orders about food, or prohibition of particular items.  A coercive scheme that begins from understandable motives is all too easily turned to foul purposes by social control power freaks.
Can we say it's "Moochelle's fault"? Hey, she did start it.
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