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   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: mws@wt.net   
      
   On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:11:15 -0500, Jeff M    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 6/18/2013 4:53 PM, Mike Smith wrote:   
   >[snip]   
   >   
   >> Corporate welfare is a libtard myth. There is no such thing.   
   >> Corporations follow the tax laws the Congressional liberals gave them.   
   >   
   >You had better tell the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic   
   >Analysis and the Congressional Budget Office, among many other, that.   
   >They think corporate welfare really is a thing.   
   >   
   >"A forthcoming Cato Institute study finds that federal business   
   >subsidies total almost $100 billion annually.1 That is a fairly broad   
   >measure of subsidies to small businesses, large corporations, and   
   >industry organizations. The subsidies are handed out from programs in   
   >many federal departments including Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, and   
   >Housing and Urban Development.   
   >   
   >However, there is no precise measure of “corporate welfare.” As part of   
   >the national income accounts, the Bureau of Economic Analysis calculates   
   >that the federal government handed out $57 billion in business subsidies   
   >in 2010.2 A 1995 Congressional Budget Office Study put the total at $30   
   >billion in spending subsidies for businesses at that time.3"   
   >http://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-testimony/corpor   
   te-welfare-spending-vs-entrepreneurial-economy   
      
   So, in your little myopic world, what Congress allows businesses to do   
   is "corporate welfare", instead of just following the law.   
      
   Are you really this stupid?   
      
   Mike Smith   
      
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