Has you grocery bill been higher lately? Here's one reason why:

 

America prides itself on creating a competitive environment where innovation and ingenuity are rewarded with business success. But when a handful of companies take over an entire industry, they raise prices for everyone else. Four meat-packing companies control 85% of the beef market, 54% of the poultry market, and 70% of the pork market. This means that farmers are getting paid less for their products, and families are paying more at the supermarket. We need to break up meat-packing monopolies so farmers get paid more and families pay less. Will you help us do that by contributing today? This is a time of deep economic uncertainty. We need to stop middle-men from boosting their bottom lines at the expense of the middle-class. Republicans are perfectly fine with monopolies, because they work for the CEOs. If they take the House this year, they won’t do a thing. Will you pitch in a donation so Democrats can keep the House and continue our work to regulate these monopolies? Paid for by The Cicilline Committee The Cicilline Committee P.O. Box 9107 Providence, RI 02940 United States