: money or aid given by the government to help a large company
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Cut corporate welfare End subsidies and tax breaks for corporations that outsource jobs, raise prices, or avoid paying their fair share.—
Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 2026 The thought of doubling down now on what many consider nothing more than a corporate welfare giveaway to force more ethanol into the mix makes little sense in this environment.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026 Tillery, who chaired the income tax study committee and often spoke of eliminating corporate welfare, did not respond to requests for comment.—
David Wickert,
AJC.com,
5 May 2026 Opponents have seized on that fact, framing the stadium deal as corporate welfare for rich team owners.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026 This outrageous corporate welfare bill would provide some of the world’s wealthiest corporations with massive state tax reductions to build monstrous resource-thirsty data centers.—
Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026 These over collected taxes are then directed to corporate welfare schemes the most egregious is Hollywood subsidies.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026 And while its social-welfare state was dismantled and degraded, its corporate welfare state survived and thrived, helping create the unequal metropolis Mamdani is called upon to govern.—
Daniel Wortel-London,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026 To make such a rank exception for the AI industry is nothing less than corporate welfare, and should be treated as such.—
Michael Kleinman,
Time,
22 Nov. 2025