Food stamps have always been a subsidy for agriculture and food special interests

05/06/2025 Notes in the Margin

The government loads $328 billion of your tax care money on the EBT cards for SNAP recipients, and they go into the stores and they buy Coca Cola products, Frito Lay products, Pepsi products.

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