Who Are the Real Welfare Queens?
Posted By Sara On July 31, 2007 @ 3:44 pm In Health | 32 Comments
55 Billion Goes to:
School lunch & breakfast programs
WIC (Women, Infants, & Children)
Food subsidies
Food stamps
Nutrition education
Other food and health programs
127 Billion Goes to:
Corporate funding (direct & indirect)
Grants to Fortune 500 companies
Big Agra subsidies (including sugar)
References: 1 [3], 2 [4], 3 [5], 4 [6], 5 [7]
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[3] 1: http://www.cato.org/downsizing/agriculture/food_subsidies.html
[4] 2: http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-sm063099.html
[5] 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#United_States
[6] 4: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8230
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