Missouri governor funnels $20 million in federal funds to his meat industry donors

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https://americanindependent.com/mike-parson-meat-industry-donors-coronavirus-relief-gop-governor-missouri-covid-19/

Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson recently announced $20 million in relief funds for the meat processing industry, after taking tens of thousands from them in campaign contributions.

Parson, a cow-calf operation owner, has long been a major recipient of contributions from the beef and pork industries. According to data from the National Institute on Money in Politics, this includes at least $22,250 from the Missouri Pork Association, more than $15,000 from the Missouri Cattlemen's Association, and another $8,500 from Smithfield Foods — a major pork producer — over the course of his political career.

As in many other states, meat processing facilities in Missouri have been hit hard in recent months by the COVID-19 pandemic. By early May, at least 490 workers at a Triumph Foods plant in St. Joseph had tested positive for the coronavirus. Dozens more at a Smithfield Food plant in Milan tested positive that month as well. Weeks later, hundreds of workers from Tyson's plant in Noel contracted the virus.

Rather than shut down the meat processing facilities where the virus was spreading rapidly, Parson endorsed keeping them open.

"We've got to keep the food chain going," he told reporters on April 29. He backed Donald Trump's executive order compelling processing facilities to keep working during the pandemic as "critical infrastructure."

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[Newest Reality]

1. Mitch won't say,

"They shouldn't be making more money they would have by working for it."

Socialism is great and welfare is wonderful if you really deserve it like that. More!