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• akamaka 14y ago
  Calling that a "subsidy" is stretching the English language quite a bit.
  • jonhendry 14y ago
    Try taking it away from the banks, and see how hard they fight to keep it. Which suggests it is a real subsidy.
    • refurb 14y ago
      Using this logic, the following are subsidies as well: student loan guarantees, low student loan interest rates, tax deductions for mortgage interest payments, FDIC insurance of deposits.
      • Gravityloss 14y ago
        English is not my native language, but yes, those are subsidies too.
      • ScottBurson 14y ago
        Yep, they sure are. They are all benefits to particular groups that cost the government money to provide. I don't think anyone here is saying that all subsidies are necessarily bad. Some activities are worth subsidizing. But let's not deny that that's what we're doing.