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Apples to Twinkies
Release date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Taxpayer Subsidies for Junk Food Wasting Billions Applies-to-Twinkies-vMD.pdf America is facing an obesity epidemic – one that’s hitting children especially...
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View ArticleAg Subsidies Pay for 21 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple Apiece
For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Baltimore, MD – Federal subsidies for commodity crops are subsidizing junk food additives like high fructose corn syrup, enough to pay for 21 Twinkies...
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Apples to Twinkies 2012:
Released by: Maryland PIRG Foundation Release date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Ag Subsidies Pay for 21 Twinkies per Taxpayer, But Only Half of an Apple Apiece Apples to Twinkies vMD.pdf At a time when...
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For Immediate Release Monday, September 10, 2012 Jenny Levin Baltimore, Sep. 10 –Small farmers and ordinary citizens across the country are taking a stand against wasteful agricultural subsidies in...
View ArticleApples to Twinkies 2013
At a time when America faces high obesity rates and tough federal budget choices, taxpayer dollars are funding the production of junk food ingredients. Since 1995, the government has spent $292.5...
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