No opinion on the actual policy, but it infuriates me when the weasel words "paid for" are used in contexts like this. Giving a company or a person a tax write-

No opinion on the actual policy, but it infuriates me when the weasel words "paid for" are used in contexts like this. Giving a company or a person a tax write-off is not a "cost" to taxpayers, unless you assume a) the alternative reality was 100% likely and these exemptions had no effect on the final outcome, which is obviously a positive net revenue expectation, and b) saying tax reductions are a "cost" to tax payers implies the taxman by default has a claim on all income and only by the graciousness of politicians do we earn the right to keep any of it.