strawberry@kbin.earth to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 个月前Instead 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-square44linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 8 个月前message-square44linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSouthern_Yankee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 个月前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/
minus-squareParadachshundlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 个月前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.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 个月前You’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.