Originally Posted by ClassWarrior

I remember hearing some of the better off people talking about some of the less fortunate members of society how they were "undeserving" and "sorry." I asked them what they thought about Exxon Mobile getting 12 billion dollars in tax payer subsidies, which was nothing more than welfare. They were unaware of this. I also told them that in addition to the 12 billion of dollars of tax payer subsidies (which they do not pay back) they get another 7 billion over a period of 5-10 years as well. It is basically a huge return on investment for these private companies to use their money to get politicans elected and those politicans turn around and subsidized their companies which the subsidy in and of itself is far more than what the company gave to that politican's political campaign. It's quite funny, actually, to hear people scoff at welfare for the poor and less fortunate when the rich and wealthy become every more wealthy through welfare themselves in the form of corporate welfare. I think their are alot of people, at least where I live, who are unaware of the corporate welfare programs. What makes these corporations more deserving of welfare than the less fortunate members of our society? Shouldn't we be assisting and helping the less fortunate to where they become productive members of society? And doesn't corporate welfare go against the notions of free market competition by unfarily rigging the game in favor of the wealthy?