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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 3368716" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>It's long been my experience that having to quote a definition shows a weakness of argument. I guarantee if you go put on Fox News right now everything they talk about a subsidy it won't meet that definition. Then again, Fox news is that same that said Gabby Giffords attacker used a high velocity clip in the attack so maybe they are loose on definition sometimes. The more important point is:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No matter what Merriam-Webster says in common parlance subsidy is used to indicate that the government is authorizing something that makes a company pay less. Whether it's not collecting taxes, giving preferred rates on loans, loan guarantees, or even just allowing them to skirt laws and regulations or nullifying those laws and regulations to the companies favor. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Or maybe it's because educated and otherwise reasonable people are speaking a shared language where they understand the context of the word rather than carrying around a dictionary so that Shadowrider is pleased with them for using exacting terms.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, in some form or fashion, the fossil fuel industry, along with many other industries are not paying as much as they otherwise could or should so that their shareholders get more return. Getting all in arms about if Tesla or any other specific company gets the same access to breaks or "subsidies" is just plain BS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 3368716, member: 5800"] It's long been my experience that having to quote a definition shows a weakness of argument. I guarantee if you go put on Fox News right now everything they talk about a subsidy it won't meet that definition. Then again, Fox news is that same that said Gabby Giffords attacker used a high velocity clip in the attack so maybe they are loose on definition sometimes. The more important point is: No matter what Merriam-Webster says in common parlance subsidy is used to indicate that the government is authorizing something that makes a company pay less. Whether it's not collecting taxes, giving preferred rates on loans, loan guarantees, or even just allowing them to skirt laws and regulations or nullifying those laws and regulations to the companies favor. Or maybe it's because educated and otherwise reasonable people are speaking a shared language where they understand the context of the word rather than carrying around a dictionary so that Shadowrider is pleased with them for using exacting terms. At the end of the day, in some form or fashion, the fossil fuel industry, along with many other industries are not paying as much as they otherwise could or should so that their shareholders get more return. Getting all in arms about if Tesla or any other specific company gets the same access to breaks or "subsidies" is just plain BS. [/QUOTE]
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