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McDonalds, a state funded eatery,... (because they accept tax breaks)

Amazon, a state funded company,... (because they shopped around for the best tax breaks)

Or any single other company that does what a company does by making any deal they can to better their bottom lines by taking tax breaks or gov't funding in any form would need to be called state funded.

It sort of loses its stigma from that view point.




The "known to the state of California to cause cancer" of funding-labeling.


i was thinking the cookie consent banner numbing, but yeah, i've always joked that i'm glad to live in a much less carcinogenic state than california.




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