corporate welfare

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

Origin of corporate welfare

1990–95, Americanism

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“The notion of money corrupting politics, of corporate welfare, and of crony capitalism—this is the stuff that left- and right-wing populism are made of,” says Robert Reich, formerly an economic adviser to the Clinton administration.
Some Say Occupy Wall Street Did Nothing. It Changed Us More Than We Think | James A. Anderson | November 15, 2021 | Time
But back in the 1990s, that usually took the form of fighting corporate welfare, of which he was an early GOP critic.
John Kasich: The GOP’s Hobbled 2016 Dark Horse | W. James Antle III | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
There is sentiment against corporate welfare, and this is a ‘doable’ target [for elimination].
Conservative Support for the Export-Import Bank Turned to Hate | Tim Mak | June 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Environmentalists, small government activists, and free traders alike should be working to end this unnecessary corporate welfare.
End Big Sugar's Government Handouts | Justin Green | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
To cut the deficit, for instance, he could have proposed ending specific corporate-welfare programs.
What Could Rubio Have Said? | Justin Green | February 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

There is no Republican plan to get rid of corporate welfare or taxpayer subsidies.
Doomsday Conservatives: Too Many Hormones, Too Little Plan | David Frum | December 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

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