01-18-2019, 08:26 AM
corporate welfare...
companies do get some of the revenue, it is NOT welfare. It is, in fact, payment for goods provided at market prices.
EBT provides corporate food companies with customers far in excess of their normal sales. An EBT card holder goes into a store and buys General Foods, Kraft, Tyson, Pepsi, etc. Taxpayers provide customers for these large companies with our money* so they can sell more product and make higher profits.
Watch the EBT recipients in line at KTA. They buy little locally produced fruit, vegetables, or meat. What's on the checkout conveyor is flown not grown. They are mostly products packaged by large producers. Even the generic brands are produced by large conglomerates, then shipped on a plane or container ship to Hawaii.
* Follow the taxpayer money trail from:
1) us > 2) the government > 3) EBT > 4) corporations
You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to reveal a pint of ice cream leads to a CEOs year end bonus.
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain
companies do get some of the revenue, it is NOT welfare. It is, in fact, payment for goods provided at market prices.
EBT provides corporate food companies with customers far in excess of their normal sales. An EBT card holder goes into a store and buys General Foods, Kraft, Tyson, Pepsi, etc. Taxpayers provide customers for these large companies with our money* so they can sell more product and make higher profits.
Watch the EBT recipients in line at KTA. They buy little locally produced fruit, vegetables, or meat. What's on the checkout conveyor is flown not grown. They are mostly products packaged by large producers. Even the generic brands are produced by large conglomerates, then shipped on a plane or container ship to Hawaii.
* Follow the taxpayer money trail from:
1) us > 2) the government > 3) EBT > 4) corporations
You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to reveal a pint of ice cream leads to a CEOs year end bonus.
“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves