Is there any good reason why taxpayers should subsidize private for-profit corporations for their propaganda?
You think those commercials cost taxpayers money? LOL!
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Is there any good reason why taxpayers should subsidize private for-profit corporations for their propaganda?
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market Promotion Program (MAP) spends some $100 million per year underwriting the cost of advertising American products abroad.You think those commercials cost taxpayers money? LOL!
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market Promotion Program (MAP) spends some $100 million per year underwriting the cost of advertising American products abroad.
"In 1995 MAP gave $500,000 to Tyson Foods; $526,000 to the Pillsbury dough boy; $308,000 to Ocean Spray Cranberries; $2 million to the California Prune Board; $1 million to the Kentucky Distillers' Association (yes, Congress subsidizes the production and sale of booze); $14,000 to High Mountain Jerky (they make the famous Beef Jerky), and $281,000 to the Campbell Soup Company. Mmm, mmm, good!
"In the past MAP has even provided subsidies for foreign sales of U.S. tobacco products--thus contributing to the export of cancer and heart disease."
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