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They'd rather change their operations than lobby for the poorest to have enough money and not have to steal.
They’d rather change their operations than ~~lobby for the poorest to~~ pay their employees enough money to not have to steal.
I thought surely an organization of GROCERS would lobby vociferously for SNAP benefits (food stamps), at a time when onerous work requirements throw people off SNAP and overwhelm local food pantries.
Instead we get a bit of the pearlescent extraction of the meat cylinder via suction:
https://www.nationalgrocers.org/news/nga-statement-on-senate-agriculture-committee-action-on-farm-bill/
Although I fully agree with you, there is no gotcha here. They are greedy and want the most for themselves, that’s it.
Paying people a fair salary is other companies problem