not at all, some subsidies are humanitarian, or purely political. If you have deeper pockets, you could subsidise your products to bancrupt competitors, a tech

not at all, some subsidies are humanitarian, or purely political. If you have deeper pockets, you could subsidise your products to bancrupt competitors, a technique called dumping. EU subsidised renewables to enable renewable tech development - a worthy goal, but not an investment. UK founded the Green Investment bank, it did actual investment into R&D and construction. Same goal, but one us subsidy, one is investment. US corn subsidies no longer make any sense - but cannot be removed because it would piss off a major voting block. If you were to su sidise farming from scratch, you would at least pick a variety of plants to make a balanced meal nutritionally