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jfz9580m

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6. I am guessing the living conditions of the animals factory farmed for meat

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 09:43 AM

Apr 2022

That is later sold by Tyson, have not improved one whit..

Tyson has been one of the worst offenders in this category for as long as I can remember. They never seem to improve either.

(Warning-the links below contain images of birds like chickens housed in horribly inhumane living conditions)

https://www.ran.org/the-understory/tyson_foods/
https://animaloutlook.org/owner-tyson-contracted-factory-farm-charged-animal-cruelty-enters-plea-agreement/

Animal outlook (formerly COK) and the Rainforest Action Network are respectable non profits as far as I know and anyway I can attest to having read many news stories irt about the inhumane treatment of chickens grown for Tyson chicken. I have no reason to think any of their products are sourced to humanely run or sustainable operations. If I don't dig around more, it is because it depresses me to read about Tyson Foods...

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Robert Reich: "Don't be fooled. This is about corporate greed. It always is." [View all] kpete Apr 2022 OP

How do we combat this? Kittycatkat Apr 2022 #1

I'm not sure how much it would help, but perhaps a House or Senate hearing... Silent3 Apr 2022 #2

Huge conglomerates are destroying the world. Do we even have monopoly laws anymore? Kittycatkat Apr 2022 #3

Sure, but maxrandb Apr 2022 #7

Salient point. Kittycatkat Apr 2022 #19

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Cue the Katie Porter whiteboard! lastlib Apr 2022 #13

In the long run, the marathon run...it's GOTV! Wednesdays Apr 2022 #16

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K&R 2naSalit Apr 2022 #5

I am guessing the living conditions of the animals factory farmed for meat jfz9580m Apr 2022 #6

That's a good bet. n/t Harker Apr 2022 #8

MSM will not touch that topic! BlueJac Apr 2022 #9

You beat me to it. :-) Pobeka Apr 2022 #11

Absolutely! Duppers Apr 2022 #36

Everytime a Dem hears "inflation", respond with "Caused by record corporate profits". Pobeka Apr 2022 #10

Even channel surfing past Fox News lambchopp59 Apr 2022 #12

This is business-as-usual in the wacky world of capitalism. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #14

This is a very thoughtful post. Thank you. Yes, greed is the major evil we all face here PatrickforB Apr 2022 #22

There is an old article, but one that I still mentally refer back to, it was called... LT Barclay Apr 2022 #37

Thanks! Yes I have a friend who said the Boston Tea Party was not about taxes as much PatrickforB Apr 2022 #38

My father worked as a business consultant ymetca Apr 2022 #35

Yes, grasshopper, the path to financial success is littered with moral bankruptcies. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #39

Solution...don't eat meat. Magoo48 Apr 2022 #15

I know people like to blame animal farmers for global warming Farmer-Rick Apr 2022 #18

So, were they asking customers to "pay for inflation" when they Bettie Apr 2022 #17

If they were raising the prices fescuerescue Apr 2022 #26

Back before they were calling it inflation Bettie Apr 2022 #29

The weird thing is that since all investor class is doing it. fescuerescue Apr 2022 #32

And that may be the goal Bettie Apr 2022 #33

Krugman, Steglitz, Picketty and others, all good. But Reich? He is my FAVORITE PatrickforB Apr 2022 #20

Robert Reich should have a bigger voice. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2022 #23

K&R, Great minds (link) uponit7771 Apr 2022 #24

When the post office stopped delivering live chicks questionseverything Apr 2022 #25

The post office delivered chickens? fescuerescue Apr 2022 #28

Yep in ventilated boxes , in less than 24 hours, especially on the east coast to small farms questionseverything Apr 2022 #30

It's a disguised slur on Biden fescuerescue Apr 2022 #27

They are extra greedy right now though Bettie Apr 2022 #31

Biden has already warned meat packers against colluding to raise prices questionseverything Apr 2022 #34

Democrats need to talk more about who is fueling this inflation. Emile Apr 2022 #40