Comments on: Who Are the Real Welfare Queens? http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sara http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5503 Sara Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:05:56 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5503 LLTWS - lol, that's a new one I hadn't heard! :) Wow, thank you SO much, everyone, for all your criticisms, questions and points. You have no idea how much I appreciate all of you taking the time to voice your ideas and concerns. This truly helps me to do a better job and to learn. Wonderful points, everyone. Until the next graphic! ;) LLTWS - lol, that’s a new one I hadn’t heard! :)

Wow, thank you SO much, everyone, for all your criticisms, questions and points. You have no idea how much I appreciate all of you taking the time to voice your ideas and concerns. This truly helps me to do a better job and to learn. Wonderful points, everyone. Until the next graphic! ;)

]]> By: Oxybeles http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5490 Oxybeles Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:08:39 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5490 Billy stated, "And here I thought it was conservative to be pro-free market and thus *against* big government’s corporate subsidies for the agri-business conglomerates." True and I agree, wholeheartedly. However, I read the comparison as not enough is being spent on individuals as compared to corporations and that individuals should increase exponentially to that of the alleged corporate welfare. Hence, LLTWS! Long-Live-The-Welfare-State. Billy stated,

“And here I thought it was conservative to be pro-free market and thus *against* big government’s corporate subsidies for the agri-business conglomerates.”

True and I agree, wholeheartedly.

However, I read the comparison as not enough is being spent on individuals as compared to corporations and that individuals should increase exponentially to that of the alleged corporate welfare.

Hence, LLTWS! Long-Live-The-Welfare-State.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5468 Sonagi Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:29:08 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5468 <i>"That being said, on the right side of your comparison chart, you have relabeled the USDA’s budget for FOOD SUBSIDIES as HUMAN WELFARE, and then you compare that to ALL CORPORATE WELFARE (government subsidies to techology companies, transportation businesses, etc.), not just the agricultural end. Isn’t that a bit like comparing apples to oranges? If you just look at agriculture, we’re actually spending less on farm subsidies (CORPORATE) than we are on food subsidies (HUMAN). "</i> Actually, some food subsidies are corporate subsidies, too. Save for the milk cartons, all of the food served in school breakfast programs is prepackaged, brand-name carbs - individual servings of cereal, donuts, and 'health' bars. There is a reason these foods are served individually packaged rather than in bulk - to create brand loyalty. The food companies try to get schools to carry out promotional activities on their behalf. I know this because I am a teacher who supervises breakfast. Ditto for WIC. WIC coupons specify whichever brand has a contract with the state. The number of containers listed on the coupon is insufficient to feed the child. The expectation of baby formula manufacturers is that the parent will buy additional quantities of the same brand. As for Medicare, well, do you recall that Medicare reform bill that our elected representatives passed last year? A key component of the bill denied the federal government the power to negotiate drug prices with big pharma. That's right. Uncle Sucker pays whatever price big pharma sets, unlike hospitals and insurance companies. And these un-free market prices are passed on to elderly consumers when the donut hole kicks in between $2,500 and $5,000. “That being said, on the right side of your comparison chart, you have relabeled the USDA’s budget for FOOD SUBSIDIES as HUMAN WELFARE, and then you compare that to ALL CORPORATE WELFARE (government subsidies to techology companies, transportation businesses, etc.), not just the agricultural end. Isn’t that a bit like comparing apples to oranges? If you just look at agriculture, we’re actually spending less on farm subsidies (CORPORATE) than we are on food subsidies (HUMAN). “

Actually, some food subsidies are corporate subsidies, too. Save for the milk cartons, all of the food served in school breakfast programs is prepackaged, brand-name carbs - individual servings of cereal, donuts, and ‘health’ bars. There is a reason these foods are served individually packaged rather than in bulk - to create brand loyalty. The food companies try to get schools to carry out promotional activities on their behalf. I know this because I am a teacher who supervises breakfast.

Ditto for WIC. WIC coupons specify whichever brand has a contract with the state. The number of containers listed on the coupon is insufficient to feed the child. The expectation of baby formula manufacturers is that the parent will buy additional quantities of the same brand.

As for Medicare, well, do you recall that Medicare reform bill that our elected representatives passed last year? A key component of the bill denied the federal government the power to negotiate drug prices with big pharma. That’s right. Uncle Sucker pays whatever price big pharma sets, unlike hospitals and insurance companies. And these un-free market prices are passed on to elderly consumers when the donut hole kicks in between $2,500 and $5,000.

]]> By: terry http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5454 terry Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:33:49 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5454 It deeply saddens me that you have found a way to rear the ugly "left vs. right" head in this conversation. When really all that is being discussed is FACT vs. FICTION. We all know that politics is far from fact raising. It deeply saddens me that you have found a way to rear the ugly “left vs. right” head in this conversation. When really all that is being discussed is FACT vs. FICTION. We all know that politics is far from fact raising.

]]> By: Brian http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5453 Brian Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:25:06 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5453 SHH Billy -- that's a secret -- conservatives aren't suppose to make sense... SHH Billy — that’s a secret — conservatives aren’t suppose to make sense…

]]> By: BillyHW http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5450 BillyHW Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:10:58 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/welfare-queens/#comment-5450 <b>It deeply saddens me that this website appears to not only lean LEFT, but tilts so far it may topple over!</b> And here I thought it was conservative to be pro-free market and thus *against* big government's corporate subsidies for the agri-business conglomerates. It deeply saddens me that this website appears to not only lean LEFT, but tilts so far it may topple over!

And here I thought it was conservative to be pro-free market and thus *against* big government’s corporate subsidies for the agri-business conglomerates.

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