I'll bet most of you don't have any idea, do you?
2007-12-27 08:00:25 · 14 answers · asked by rare2findd 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
That depends on how you define it. Much is state and local, not federal... If you include military, pet projects used to keep jobs in some states (bridge to nowhere, etc) and farm, etc. subsidies (now frequently mostly given to corporate farmers)... I would put it at 30% or so... not counting research grants, etc that keep many universities in existence...
btw, to those of you who have mentioned the SS as being part of the budget, it is not related to the income tax budget in actuality, it is and always has been trust fund monies and raised separately... it is used in the Fed budget because it makes the pie charts look social program heavy, and keeps you from questioning them as much...
http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm
2007-12-27 08:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I dont like corporatism either (I wish people would relaize the difference between that and free market capitalism), but considering most things deamed "corporate welfare" are just tax breaks that alow companies to keap more of their own money, id say not much.
And considering about 40% of the budget goes to social security, medicare, and medicade, with anouther 17% or so paying interest on past debt, and another 30% or so goign to the military, id say it isnt much.
2007-12-27 08:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by tv 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Too much. The only time I can ever endorse it, is when the company going under would cause more welfare than keeping it afloat. And even then it should be a loan instead of welfare.
2007-12-27 08:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
in my view, i could quite rather small quantities of money spent on people who're utilising for booze and strippers than giving extremely a lot of money to firms who waste it on finding new and superior the thank you to screw us over much greater. So i could quite waste the money on very own welfare than company welfare. human beings ought to consistently come first.
2016-10-20 02:07:44 · answer #4 · answered by mcclune 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
80%. The people who say, "no free lunch" are the very ones suckling from the public teat. Is it more than 80% including interest on the national debt?
2007-12-27 08:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by doug4jets 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Indeed. Rough estimate - 30% of what they spend, which is a hell of a lot more than what they collect. Not checking data 'cos you asked....
2007-12-27 08:08:40 · answer #6 · answered by Dirk D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does Corporate Welfare mean they get to keep THEIR money? And is it welfare when the rest of us get a refund check?
2007-12-27 08:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Zero...any cost to corporations are passed down to employee's and customers....so a tax relief of Corporations actually does trickle down and a tax of corporations gets redistributed to YOU!
2007-12-27 08:10:52 · answer #8 · answered by Rada S 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
50%? including the military spending that keeps only the military industrial complex safe.
2007-12-27 08:04:05 · answer #9 · answered by . 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are right, I don't know. But even one dollar is too many.
2007-12-27 08:23:12 · answer #10 · answered by robbie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋