The simulation is officially broken.
With eggs topping $8 a dozen in some cities, the kitchen staple has become a clandestine commodity — smuggled across the southern border for shoppers hoping to save on soaring prices, Customs and Border Protection officials told The Post.
There's been an astounding 108% increase in eggs confiscated at ports of entry in the last four months, CBP told the Border Report.
Customs officers have seen rising cases "in the last week or so where the eggs were not declared and then discovered during an inspection," CBP spokesman Roger Maier told the Post Thursday.
You know once the eggs start coming across the border, things are going to get very serious down there.
Actually, the penalty for getting caught with eggy contraband isn't TOO severe:
"When that happens the eggs are seized and the individual is assessed a $300 civil penalty," he said, adding penalties can go up to $10,000 for repeat offenders or "commercial size imports."
Still, it's a testament to just how desperate things are getting in U.S. supermarkets that smugglers are deciding more and more that eggs are a worthwhile smuggling commodity.
Holy moly is that a bad sign for U.S. agriculture.
Even given the egg shortage, though, the U.S. Border Patrol doesn't mess around:
[A]ll eggs end up in the incinerator, the agency said.
