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A '''subsidy''' is a payment or [[tax]] break by [[government]] to certain businesses to help them survive or to give them a competitive advantage. Sometimes the subsidy can be direct, as in the case of [[agricultural subsidy | cash payments to farmers]], and sometimes it can be indirect, as in the case of building a transcontinental railroad.
A '''subsidy''' is a payment or [[tax break]] by [[government]] (usually [[big government]] such as the [[Federal government]]) to certain [[business]]es or to the [[states]] to help them survive or to give them a competitive advantage or to "bribe" them. Sometimes the subsidy can be direct, as in the case of [[agricultural subsidy | cash payments to farmers]], and sometimes it can be indirect, as in the case of building the [[transcontinental railroad]].
Subsidies can also be given out by individuals or non-governmental institutions, but this is more commonly referred to as charity.
Subsidies can also be given out by individuals or non-governmental institutions, but this is more commonly referred to as [[charity]].
The new [[American]] [[Police state]] and [[militarization]] of local and state [[law enforcement]] is largely supported by [[big government]] [[subsidies]] ("bribes") from the [[Feds]] to the local [[police]] departments often under the guise of the [[War of Terror]] or the [[War on Drugs]]. This is called [[Fiscal Federalism]] where the flow of [[money]] is the key component to [[federal]]-state relations.
==See also ==
* [[Fiscal Federalism]]
* [[War on Terror]] and [[War on Drugs]]
* [[Bribe]] or [[Subsidy]]?
* [[Agricultural subsidy]]
* [[Tenth Amendment]]
* [[States' rights]]
[[Category:Federalism]]
[[Category:Government]]
[[Category:Budget terms]]
[[Category:Budget terms]]