A glimpse at corporate welfare

Of course, a lot of companies (and communities) would call these corporate investments.  A shame we don't use the same terminology for helping citizens who are poor and/or out of work.

In any case, the point is not whether these subsidies are good or bad, it's that they are (often intentionally) obscure. The taxpayers should have a clear picture of where their money is going (or who's not chipping into the pot because of a special deal).

Reshared post from +Al Jazeera America

Opinion: "Taxpayers who want to understand the full dimension of their burdens should demand that Congress require and pay for detailed annual statistical reports showing every federal, state and local subsidy received by corporations, including the value of indirect subsidies like those perpetual rights of way to pipelines and other legal monopolies." http://trib.al/KbEW44v