... and that's exactly what should be discussed before anyone makes it an ethical/moral issue...
But that doesn't happen anymore.

Yes, that is how it _should_ work. "Trial and error" statism is the Pragmatist unprincipled-on-principle basis of progressivism. It is not a "great experiment in capitalism" and is not a proper principle for guiding state legislation. Neither does it "work" or serve as a guide for national policy.

Pragmatist progressivism denies the possibility of moral principle as a criterion for political philosophy and policy, and it leaves unspecified the hidden moral criterion that the Pragmatists implicitly use as the standard for what "works". As long collectivism and altruism are accepted as the moral, the states and the national government will keep "experimenting" with statist "tools" to achieve it and will always deny that capitalism and freedom can possibly "work". This isn't about how to produce eggs.

"Competition"in statist ideas is not a moral standard and is not basis for a free society. It is the Pragmatist basis of progressivism applied to state government. Statism imposed by states is just as improper as statism imposed by a national government.

Nothing shoud be done on a national scale except, perhaps, border defense.
States as guided by their sovereign people should decide when anything is desired on a state level.
Competition in ideas is what causes the cream to rise to the top.

Too bad the egg producers didn’t have the backbone to say no to California. Let them eat cake or anything other than eggs.

We stop being a capitalism country in 2008 when pail out the banks.

It's just a good thing that chickens haven't figure out how to go on strike.

Reminds me of our first trip to New Zealand, we saw a sign out in the countryside that read, "Free Range Eggs". My wife said , "I wonder why they're giving them away?" I'm not sure if she was kidding or not, or perhaps I just don't wish to remember. It was a long time ago. I think she was having a blonde moment.

i watched on i think the history channel an hour documentary about eggs. according to science the nutritional value of a chicken running around in your backyard and one from an egg farm are exactly the same.

how about "laissez-faire" capitalism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i do believe that is how it show work.

Such Obooboo Marxist lunacy would not surprise me in the least.

True Capitalism does not exist anymore.
What we have is "Crony Capitalism". Our economy is controlled and manipulated by the government and its' fiat currency.
Liberals obviously do not learn from their mistakes.

It should work that way but there is NO one size fits all solution. Solutions have to be adapted on a case by case analysis. What works in California (does anything there work?) will not necessarily work in North Dakota or Rural New Mexico. Actually what works in Albuquerque does not always work out here on the Rural Eastern High Plains and vice-versa.

Look for the Obama DOJ to further the problem by declaring that unless egg producers in other states abide by the CA regs if they sell in CA, that will constitute a violation of interstate commerce rules.

If cage-free eggs are that much more nutritive, this could change the way the country produces eggs. But I'd hate to see that happen from some government involvement--sets a bad precedent.

Point.

But thank heavens I still have the freedom to purchase eggs from free-range chickens. I am perfectly willing to pay 7 dollars per dozen. For the nutrition each egg provides it's still a terrific bargain.

There have been enough examples of loony leftist legislation backfiring, but it has only backfired if you think its goals were noble. They were not; the goal of all such legislation is to make us more dependent on THEM.