Yes, the web of subsidy is wide and complex, but not all subsidies are for the same reason. For example, the fructose corn syrup subsidies exist, as far as I c

Yes, the web of subsidy is wide and complex, but not all subsidies are for the same reason. For example, the fructose corn syrup subsidies exist, as far as I can tell, in order to on-shore agricultural profits and ensure sufficient slack in the domestic agricultural system to ensure that restrictions on imports of food, such as in the case of war, would not seriously affect the USA. That is, it's a subsidy towards food security.