$80,000 to the right people goes a long way

USDA is adding Greek yogurt to school lunch menus. Sen. Charles Schumer had pushed for Greek yogurt since last June. Schumer is from New York. Also in New York is Chobani, which makes the number-one-selling yogurt brand in the country.

“So far this year, Chobani … paid $80,000 to Cornerstone Government Affairs to lobby Congress on its behalf, according to federal records. The company first hired the lobbying firm last July, shortly after Schumer petitioned the USDA.”

All USDA has to do now is find a company to make the yogurt. Chobani “owns the largest yogurt manufacturing facility in the world, a nearly one-million-square-foot plant in Twin Falls, Idaho …”

You don’t think … Surely USDA will not pick … No. That’s not the way the U.S. government works.

http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/lobbying/309603-usda-to-add-greek-yogurt-to-school-lunches#ixzz2YTnjyV9A

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