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OPINION
Left's Anti-Trump Mania Makes Them Defend What They've Always Hated Most
Natalie Sandoval
Patriots Writer
October 29, 2025
4:18 PM ET
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%).
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.
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.
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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