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Federal, state and local governments publish exhaustively detailed statistical reports on welfare to the poor, disabled, sick, elderly and other individuals who cannot support themselves. The cost of subsidized food, housing and medical care are all documented at government expense, with the statistics posted on government websites.
But corporate welfare is not the subject of any comprehensive reporting at the federal level. Disclosures by state and local governments vary greatly, from substantial to nearly nonexistent.
Seiko
Are you renting your job?
Aleister
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Good thread, and yes, food stamps are 100 percent corporate welfare.
So you can add that amount to what corporations receive from the American government.
Although some conservatives have criticized poor people, and even Obama (I just saw that food stamps rose 48 percent during his years in off, compared to 63 percent during Boy Bush's and Dick Cheney's watch), the folks laughing all the way to the bank are Soda companies, big sugar, bread companies, ADM, and many more. This isn't even counting the stores which take the food stamps and scoop up the profit: WalMart, big grocers, Whole Foods, SamsClub, and dozens of other major stores which benefit from this corporate welfare.
When lower income people in America get "food stamps" they are usually getting a plastic debit card, which is swiped at a check-out counter. Any money that changes hands goes right from the government to the corporations.
That's a form of American corporate welfare that most people forget.
Good thread, and yes, food stamps are 100 percent corporate welfare. So you can add that amount to what corporations receive from the American government. Although some conservatives have criticized poor people, and even Obama (I just saw that food stamps rose 48 percent during his years in off, compared to 63 percent during Boy Bush's and Dick Cheney's watch), the folks laughing all the way to the bank are Soda companies, big sugar, bread companies, ADM, and many more. This isn't even counting the stores which take the food stamps and scoop up the profit: WalMart, big grocers, Whole Foods, SamsClub, and dozens of other major stores which benefit from this corporate welfare. When lower income people in America get "food stamps" they are usually getting a plastic debit card, which is swiped at a check-out counter. Any money that changes hands goes right from the government to the corporations. That's a form of American corporate welfare that most people forget.