>car manufacturing and other industries that are heavily subsidised Any evidence that BMW, Mercedes and VW aren't massive net tax payers? I had this conversat

>car manufacturing and other industries that are heavily subsidised Any evidence that BMW, Mercedes and VW aren't massive net tax payers? I had this conversation before, where someone claimed that e.g. the automotive industry was heavily subsidized. But when I looked into it I found absolutely no evidence. The German government is directly supported by the massively successful German industry. It is the sole reason Germany can even afford it's welfare state. On it's face it is absurd to claim that that industry is tax payer supported, completely ridiculous. >If you think the poor are leeching off society then the same goes for the fossil fuel industry, the agricultural industry, car manufacturing and other industries Social security is the top expenditure point in the budget.