Thursday, February 27, 2014

No More Subsidies to Huge Beef Farmers | Alternet

No More Subsidies to Huge Beef Farmers | Alternet



Imagine if the federal government mandated that a portion of all federal gas taxes go directly to the oil industry’s trade association, the American Petroleum Institute. Imagine further that API used this public money to finance ad campaigns encouraging people to drive more and turn up their thermostats, all while lobbying to discredit oil industry critics — from environmentalists to those calling for better safety regulations or alternative energy sources. 



That’s a deal not even Exxon could pull off, yet the nation’s largest meat-packers now enjoy something quite like it...

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