If you remove subsidies you got more money to spare for other things. As a general rule, and policy affecting consumer prices should look at its effect on consu

If you remove subsidies you got more money to spare for other things. As a general rule, and policy affecting consumer prices should look at its effect on consumers and combine such changes with other measures. Money saved one place can be spent other places. Instead of spending it on more tax breaks for the rich it could be spent on the poor providing a net gain for them.