I was talking to some first generation citizens about this, and it was interesting to me.
For some reason, the price of eggs is a bellwether for Latino people, and some significant indicator on how the struggle of the working man against the government is going.
I tried Googling this, but it either doesn't show up much in English, or, more likely, Google is suppressing the story.
Your average Latino is very sensitive to the price of eggs, more so than other staples. It is like a line in the sand that was historically drawn in their home countries between the people and the government. If you can keep the price of eggs down, at least working class people will have access to good protein. The expectation is that the government does whatever it can to keep egg prices reasonable.
Believe it or not, I think that this was a significant contributor (not the only contributor, or even most important, but significant) of Latino male support for this cycle. It is important enough that I think, if the U.S. is going to have farm subsidies at all, this needs to be added to the mix.
For some reason, the price of eggs is a bellwether for Latino people, and some significant indicator on how the struggle of the working man against the government is going.
I tried Googling this, but it either doesn't show up much in English, or, more likely, Google is suppressing the story.
Your average Latino is very sensitive to the price of eggs, more so than other staples. It is like a line in the sand that was historically drawn in their home countries between the people and the government. If you can keep the price of eggs down, at least working class people will have access to good protein. The expectation is that the government does whatever it can to keep egg prices reasonable.
Believe it or not, I think that this was a significant contributor (not the only contributor, or even most important, but significant) of Latino male support for this cycle. It is important enough that I think, if the U.S. is going to have farm subsidies at all, this needs to be added to the mix.