Rotten Eggs: California Politicians

The unintended negative consequences of government interference in the egg industry.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/3270304-181/new-state-law-upends-eggUnintended consequences of government interference in the egg industry.

Proposition 2, the animal welfare ballot proposition passed by voters in 2008, is just one of several factors responsible for the record price of conventional eggs around the country, experts said. But the initiative is largely credited for reshaping the nation’s egg industry and for prompting high-stakes legal battles and regulatory debates that continue to this day.