When corporations get special handouts from the government -- subsidies and tax breaks -- it costs you.
It means you have to pay more in taxes to make up for these hidden expenses.
Corporate handouts are costing tens of billions of dollars a year -- over $100 billion -- which means it's costing you money.
Conservatives have made a game of obscuring where federal spending actually goes.
In reality, only about 12 percent of federal spending goes to individuals and families, most in dire need.
An increasing portion goes to corporate welfare.
Other examples: The oil, gas, and coal industries get billions in their own special tax breaks.
Big Agribusiness gets farm subsides.
Big Pharma gets their own subsidy in the form of a ban on government using its bargaining power under Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices.
Hedge-fund and private-equity managers get a special tax loophole that treats their income as capital gains, at a lower tax rate than ordinary income.
The real issue isn't the government's size. It's whom government is for.
There's no reason any corporations should be on the dole, or that your hard-earned dollars should be going to them for no reason but their political clout.
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