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It Is Cruel to Deny Food Assistance to Those Who Truly Deserve It: Corporations (McSweeney’s) (www.mcsweeneys.net)

submitted 1 day ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 22 points 1 day ago

A CEO shouldn’t have to stay up late experiencing every parent’s worst nightmare: wondering how will he be able to feed his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson white truffles at every meal he ever eats, freshly grated by one of his twelve nannies, even when he is well into his thirties.

[–] chazwhiz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Good opportunity to remind you that many employers offer donation matching for nonprofits. So right now donating money to food banks not only helps those in need, but also forces our corporate overlords to!

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

You're just giving them free tax credits

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Under this administration it actually makes sense to directly donate (and make your corpo trash match). Since the government can’t be trusted to use the tax revenue for any good at all.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Unlike trustworthy corporations

[–] chazwhiz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Oh well in that case I’d better not let them give any money to the poor at all.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 0 points 11 hours ago

I mean, you probably shouldn't. Donate the money yourself or trough charities or in countless other ways.

They literally farm these tax credits from customers to pad their bottom line. You can bet that they are also playing tax and accounting games with the "donations" they make and who they make them to, likely further enriching a lot of their pals before the poor see a dime of it.