Every time I see it used I go "your using that term wrong" however I will concede that if everyone is using the term wrong, then perhaps it is actually I who is

Every time I see it used I go "your using that term wrong" however I will concede that if everyone is using the term wrong, then perhaps it is actually I who is using the term wrong. Anyhow, I like this meaning so I will share it with you. I first saw it use in the context of governments and their resident corporations. The government starts with fairly liberal corporate policy, this encourages the corporations to grow and make money. that is, fattening the hogs. and when times get tough, perhaps money is a little tight, they start pulling funds out and killing the corporations via increased taxes, fines, regulation. A process sometimes referred to as pig butchering. I suspect the main problem with this is the absence of a stable environment to do business in.