corporate welfare

American  

1. financial assistance, as tax breaks or subsidies, given by the government to profit-making companies, especially large corporations.

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Etymology

Origin of corporate welfare

1990–95,

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corporate welfare

“I do not support corporate welfare, … but I also do not support unjust enrichment,” Essayli said Thursday.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Once criticized by conservatives as "picking winners and losers" and by progressives as corporate welfare, a U.S. industrial policy is enjoying a rare bipartisan consensus, even in staunchly Republican states like Ohio.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023

White, black and Latino; union and non-union; evangelical and secular; immigrant and native-born — all focused on ending big money in politics, stopping corporate welfare and crony capitalism, busting up monopolies and stopping voter suppression.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2019

Expanding charter schools, Ms. Talent predicts, will be an “easy lift,” and tackling corporate welfare is a possibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2016

He realized all this by the early 1970s, he said, when he announced that the company would no longer accept corporate welfare.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2015

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