Government Spends $12 Million to Get Us to Eat More Cheese!

[gsm113]

I don't know what you all are complaining about. Cheese is great. If there is anything a government should pay for it should be cheese.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by GottaBMe

I DO blame the government AND the dairy industry. BUT, mostly the Government. Just like children can ask and ask and push for something, the parent aka government doesn't have to give in. But when you have BIG, engorged Government whose pockets are just stuffed with OUR money, its easy for them to just say, sure, here's $12 million dollars, honey.

Get rid of big government. Get rid of big government subsidies. This is nothing but big waste.

I blame both as well. I read about this over the weekend and it just made me furious. Working with Domino's to get more cheese on their pizza so the dairy suppliers sell more cheese.
Bottom line: every one in the chain makes more money including the insurance companies and health-care providers.
And people think the government is anti-business.

[Careless]

Originally Posted by meson

Before anybody tries to blame the current administration this program was started in 2006.

Documents on Marketing Cheese

The programs in general are a lot older than that.

Originally Posted by hammertime33

"Ever since it was created in 1995, the work of Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI) has been supported entirely by the nation’s 90,000-plus dairy producers, who invest 15 cents for every one hundred pounds of milk they sell. This investment is called the dairy checkoff. Dairy producers make up the DMI board of directors and guide the use of checkoff funds."

hum..............

the dairy farmers are forced, by law, to contribute. It's effectively a tax, since you can't buy any dairy product without someone being legally obligated to pay it.

The best part about these stories is the revelation that there are billions of dollars worth of government cheese sitting in caves in Missouri