Corporate Freeloaders (This Weekend on FNC) « John Stossel

In America today, who are the biggest freeloaders?   Panhandlers?  Poor people?

You may be surprised that some of America's biggest recipients of handouts are rich people, and well-connected corporations.  The biggest corporate freeloaders may be the biggest industrial corporation in the world:  General Electric.

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Higher Education Subsidies Wasted | Downsizing the Federal Government

Just as housing subsidies incentivized people to purchase homes that they otherwise shouldn’t have, higher education subsidies have incentivized people to go to college who weren’t ready or suited for it. In both cases, the cost to taxpayers has been substantial while the alleged benefits have proven illusory.
Higher Education Subsidies Wasted | Downsizing the Federal Government

Good Time to End Farm Subsidies | Downsizing the Federal Government

Better news for taxpayers would be the abolition of farm subsidies. While they obviously remain popular with the beneficiaries and their patrons in Washington, the general public seems to be increasingly aware that the subsidies amount to little more than legalized theft.
Good Time to End Farm Subsidies | Downsizing the Federal Government