strawberry@kbin.earth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month 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-square44fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSouthern_Yankee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month 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-up5·1 month 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-up6·1 month 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.