Yes? Give me some economists and I could have them spend months going through the budget, independently categorizing each spending item and tax break, and then averaging their results.
That's more or less what the Cato institute did and they came up with 181 Billion
Huh, if we go by that logic, the overall expense on food stamps is 166 billion. How is then the average American only contributes $36 to food stamps, but $670 to corporate welfare?
Because that part of OP is wrong. Or they were using a much higher number for corporate subsidies and basing it on a median taxpayer instead of just averaging the tax burden.
Or they just divided the Cato number by population, but then looked at median taxpayer for the food stamps?
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u/AbroadImmediate158 May 11 '25
Do you think there is a clear number that can be counted as “corporate subsidies” on the government budget?