well ideally we would have no subsidies at all. if investors were taxed less there would be more investment money for small businesses and we wouldn't need the

well ideally we would have no subsidies at all. if investors were taxed less there would be more investment money for small businesses and we wouldn't need the government stepping in. It bothers me the extent to which government creates problems and then justifies its existence by stepping in to 'solve' them. Hacker News is a natural environment for free market ideology because anyone that has ever tried to start a small business has immediately realized how inimical the state is to commerce. It's been so bad for so long that we all have Stockholm syndrome. but yes, I just came up with that fish bit, and will be using it again in the future :)