claim: says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10 years."
author: dennis kucinich
evidence_1: may 30, 2014 ... ... found that the government has doled out at least $19 billion in subsidies over  18 years to companies producing key ingredients in junk food.
evidence_2: dennis kucinich · says the tax code is effectively subsidizing "the marketing  efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10  years.
evidence_3: as reuters reported, the our walmart effort, spurred by the united food ...  dennis kucinich, who "says the tax code is effectively subsidizing 'the marketing  efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion over 10  years.
evidence_4: dec 6, 2010 ... on the ills of fast food and marketing efforts, kucinich cited a new ... and it  concludes that efforts to market fast food to children are both effective and rapidly  expanding. ... the federal tax code allows companies to deduct "reasonable and  ... billion to $19 billion in additional federal revenue over the 10-year ...
evidence_5: nov 30, 2012 ... tions to companies marketing “junk food” to children. ... obesity act (h.r. 6599)  would “amend the internal revenue code ... tax dollars—has subsidized the  marketing efforts of fast food and junk food companies by as much as $19 billion  over the past 10 years. .... shb offers expert, efficient and innova-.