corporate welfare
AmericanEtymology
Origin of corporate welfare
1990–95,
Example Sentences
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A new report on business subsidies in Michigan during her tenure adds to the evidence that corporate welfare is a bad economic bet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
“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
He told how he agonizes over his company accepting what he calls corporate welfare, even as he denounces it.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2015
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