Corporate America is the forgotten beneficiary of food assistance programs.
A quick search for “EBT eligible food” on Amazon returns a pantry of non-essential items.
- Red Bull energy drinks.
- Raw, premium, unpasteurized Manuka honey.
- Organic ground coffee containing some amount of lion’s mane mushroom.
- Oreo Sticks ‘N Creme, a product which contains no actual cream.
- 2.2 lbs of nutella hazelnut spread.
- Enormous bags of halloween candy.
Walmart captures nearly a quarter of the money spent through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on consumer packaged goods and general merchandise, according to a June report from Numerator. Other companies which capture a high percentage of SNAP dollars: Kroger (8%), Costco (6%), Amazon (5%). (RELATED: ‘It Is Taxpayer Funds’: Charles Payne Details ‘Serious Abuse’ Of Food Stamps)
That’s money from your paycheck, into the hands of the supposedly needy, into the hands of Walmart.
A sizable percentage of Walmart’s own employees are on food stamps, according to a 2020 study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducted at the behest of independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
“Walmart was one of the top four employers of SNAP and Medicaid beneficiaries in every state. McDonald’s was in the top five of employers with employees receiving federal benefits in at least nine states,” The Washington Post summarized.
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Sanders accused companies like Walmart and McDonald’s of depending on “corporate welfare from the federal government by paying their workers starvation wages,” according to the Post.
Sanders would likely balk at weakening our “corporate welfare” system by simply decreasing the number of welfare beneficiaries. About 42 million Americans receive SNAP benefits. Those benefits are set to freeze come November, due to the government shutdown.
Democrats have opted to frame the freeze in literal life-or-death terms.
“They [Republicans] are going to let seniors, children, veterans, and millions of Americans starve,” Democratic New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury alleged on CNN.
Not to mention the Skittles manufacturers!
A slew of state-dependent restriction waivers will be implemented in 2026, restricting purchases of certain non-essential items like sweetened drinks, candy, and energy drinks.
Numerator notes that households receiving SNAP benefits “are skewing higher income,” with 23% of SNAP households bringing in $80,000 or more per year. The share of SNAP households in that income range is reportedly up 6 points from 2020.
Numerator also claims that 65% of SNAP households don’t have children, up 5 points from 2020.
The highest share of wallet among SNAP shoppers goes to baby products, according to Numerator. The next highest share, at 18%, are “limited-service restaurant[s].” Think McDonald’s or Taco Bell.
In other words, your tax dollars are paying for their Chalupas. There’s a better case to be made for subsidizing their pilates classes, judging by the rotundity of those publicly complaining about losing their food stamps. (RELATED: Democrats Brutally Roasted For Rolling Out Morbidly Obese Woman To Defend Food Stamps)
Welfare consumption by household type, using 2022 data. (Screenshot / Center for Immigration Studies)
Another indignity: About 59% of illegal immigrant households use welfare, according to a March report from the Center for Immigration Studies. About 48% of illegal immigrant households use food-related welfare, as compared to 25% of native households. Food-related welfare includes SNAP, the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, and free or reduced-price school meals.
Food stamps are supposed to provide temporary assistance in times of dire need. Not a government-ensured lifetime supply of McDonalds. The left reserves little ire for the junk food manufacturers who benefit from this set-up. They reserve even less thought as to how we might encourage SNAP shoppers to get off the program.
They demand we happily fund a forcible charity scheme, no questions asked, forever.
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