corporate welfare

noun

chiefly US
: money or aid given by the government to help a large company

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They should be found by closing up tax loopholes and ending other corporate welfare, not by cutting the help given to the poor and the middle class. Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024 Telecom providers are pursuing various forms of corporate welfare. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010 Our current regime of corporate welfare and subsidies has increased inflation without improving the climate. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 In the end, Harris’ economic plan is a familiar, ineffective formula of tax credits, corporate welfare and government intervention all over the place. Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2024 My main targets for reducing government spending are the welfare and entitlement programs, including ballooning corporate welfare. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024 O'Brien boosted labor law and called for corporate welfare reform during his time on stage in Milwaukee. Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024 What’s clear is that the corporate tax cuts under Trump and all he corporate welfare under Biden has driven the stock market to new highs. Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024 Some Republicans and Democrats have assailed the plan as corporate welfare, while supporters have cast it as a generational opportunity for the state. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2024

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“Corporate welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corporate%20welfare. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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