> If we did not give private corporations any free public money, they would still build their business facilities, because doing so is a necessary part of doing

> If we did not give private corporations any free public money, they would still build their business facilities, because doing so is a necessary part of doing business, which is what businesses do. Listen, I hate Big Companies as much as the next guy, but let's be honest here. There are very valid arguments on both sides of the equation. I'm going to look at a different, but related (and better-studied) phenomenon: farm subsidies. It's not hard to see that farm subsidies have some upside: they stabilize the agriculture economy, and this policy treats food as a matter of national security[1]: it would be a very bad thing if food production ceased. On the other hand, others argue that farm subsidies hurt the economy and the public more than they help[2]. There's no easy to answer to this, but it's not like FDR started subsidizing farmers out of the blue. Similarly, there must be arguments both for and against allowing Amazon's doing. I would genuinely like to hear both -- after all, I have no horse in this race -- but this article is too slanted to form any kind of educated opinion. [1] http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/2012/03/13/the-importance-of-farm-subsidies/ http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/2012/03/13/the-importance-of-f... [2] https://www.heritage.org/agriculture/report/how-farm-subsidies-harm-taxpayers-consumers-and-farmers-too https://www.heritage.org/agriculture/report/how-farm-subsidi...