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Re:The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor by solomatov on Sunday October 25, 2015 @12:05PM (#10447218)
Are you sure that all these corporate subsidies are that bad? Do you have information of breakdown of the target of subsidies by companies?

For example, Tesla receive about 5b$ of government subsidies. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-2015... This, I think, is investment which really worth it, it's the most innovative automotive company in the world, and it would be impossible without this.

Re:The Myth of Welfare’s Corrupting Influence on the Poor by mikeash on Sunday October 25, 2015 @12:18PM (#10447270)
Nitpick: the $4.9 billion figure is for Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity combined.