strawberry@kbin.earth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agoInstead of having customers donate a dollar and giving them a coupon book "worth" $30, why doesn't KFC just donate those $30 themselves (or even half)?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareInstead of having customers donate a dollar and giving them a coupon book "worth" $30, why doesn't KFC just donate those $30 themselves (or even half)?strawberry@kbin.earth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSouthern_Yankee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoThis isn’t completely true… https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/10/fact-check-false-claim-checkout-charities-offset-corporate-taxes/7622379002/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-checkout-charity/
minus-squareParadachshund@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoI stand corrected! I’m glad to be wrong about this one. Hard not to be cynical these days and it’s easy to assume ulterior motlves.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYou’re right to be skeptical, just this particular grift isn’t as obvious as it seems.
This isn’t completely true…
https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/who-gets-tax-benefit-those-checkout-donations-0
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/10/fact-check-false-claim-checkout-charities-offset-corporate-taxes/7622379002/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-checkout-charity/
I stand corrected! I’m glad to be wrong about this one. Hard not to be cynical these days and it’s easy to assume ulterior motlves.
You’re right to be skeptical, just this particular grift isn’t as obvious as it seems.