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Old 04-01-2012, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Danzig View Post
it's my opinion that no business should receive a subsidy ever. that's not the governments place. andrew jackson said back in his day that tariffs should be levied for one thing, income to the govt. not to help a business, not to protect it's product. i'd venture a guess that he would also be completely against subsidies. i agree with his opinion completely. cutting a subsidy only in order to give it to another, preferred type of business is no better than letting the money continue going to the first business. either way, it's a bad thing and only engenders more moves by more businesses to lobby as hard as possible to get in on the money pipeline.
of course jackson truly was a man of the people-and he remained that way throughout his two terms.
So you are opposed then to state gov'ts giving slot money to racetracks, then? Because that's a very clear example of a subsidy.
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