corporate welfare

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of corporate welfare¹

1990–95, Americanism

Example Sentences

“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.

From Time

But back in the 1990s, that usually took the form of fighting corporate welfare, of which he was an early GOP critic.

From The Daily Beast

There is sentiment against corporate welfare, and this is a ‘doable’ target [for elimination].

From The Daily Beast

Environmentalists, small government activists, and free traders alike should be working to end this unnecessary corporate welfare.

From The Daily Beast

To cut the deficit, for instance, he could have proposed ending specific corporate-welfare programs.

From The Daily Beast

There is no Republican plan to get rid of corporate welfare or taxpayer subsidies.

From The Daily Beast