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Critics cast the package as corporate welfare for wealthy team owners and say stadium subsidies are rarely worth the cost.
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
However, the plan also ran into sharp criticism from opponents who framed stadium subsidies as corporate welfare for rich team owners.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
Federal dollars for state-level corporate welfare is textbook government waste.
—John C. Mozena, National Review, 4 Feb. 2025
Joe Biden has staked a big part of his legacy on jobs created by corporate welfare.
—James M. Hohman, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
They should be found by closing up tax loopholes and ending other corporate welfare, not by cutting the help given to the poor and the middle class.
—Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Telecom providers are pursuing various forms of corporate welfare.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Our current regime of corporate welfare and subsidies has increased inflation without improving the climate.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
In the end, Harris’ economic plan is a familiar, ineffective formula of tax credits, corporate welfare and government intervention all over the place.
—Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
However, the plan also ran into sharp criticism from opponents who framed stadium subsidies as corporate welfare for rich team owners.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
Federal dollars for state-level corporate welfare is textbook government waste.
—John C. Mozena, National Review, 4 Feb. 2025
Joe Biden has staked a big part of his legacy on jobs created by corporate welfare.
—James M. Hohman, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
They should be found by closing up tax loopholes and ending other corporate welfare, not by cutting the help given to the poor and the middle class.
—Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Telecom providers are pursuing various forms of corporate welfare.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
Our current regime of corporate welfare and subsidies has increased inflation without improving the climate.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
In the end, Harris’ economic plan is a familiar, ineffective formula of tax credits, corporate welfare and government intervention all over the place.
—Veronique De Rugy, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Corporate welfare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corporate%20welfare. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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