[sparklite2]

You seem to be blaming business for the welfare state.
I must say that’s a novel way of thinking.

[Buckeye McFrog]

You seem to be blaming business for the welfare state.

If r_barton won't blame it, I will. Walmart, Giant Eagle, Safeway, Kroger, Publix, Heinz, Campbells, Hormel, Tyson, Kraft, PepsiCo....They all lobby for this program and have WAY more pull with Corruptocrats in Congress than poor people do.

[mrsmith]

Cui bono?

Yes, those businesses want and support the welfare that profits them.
Be a very strange person that thought otherwise.

I imagine many would prefer a healthy growing economy that provided their profits naturally. But that’s not what we have or are likely to see anytime soon.

Oh yeah, and if the government wasn’t subsidizing consumer spending (welfare) it would be quite a blow to the media that would lose advertising revenue.

[r_barton]

The businesses are ultimately making out like bandits on OUR tax dollars. Hell Yes I’m blaming them, also!