I will never forget the first time I stepped into a U.S. supermarket and saw that a dozen eggs could be bought for $1 or so. Where I come from, that would be $5

I will never forget the first time I stepped into a U.S. supermarket and saw that a dozen eggs could be bought for $1 or so. Where I come from, that would be $5 at least. I was shocked and told my friends: "Who is not getting paid so that we can buy eggs that cheap"? Which was before I realised: subsidies.