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To: TimF who wrote (283021)	4/4/2006 7:07:51 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573915

re: No it fits the definition rather well, but it doesn't feel like a subsidy to most people, and when the program was proposed the supporters didn't want it to be considered in any way a subsidy because they didn't want to weaken support for the idea. Jeez, come on man. You will argue this crap 'till the end of time. NOBODY (including every government agency and excepting you) calls SS a "subsidy". re: A subsidy is a grant or gift. Taxes are money taken by force or threat of force. If someone taking money by force or threat of force decides to allow you to keep more of it they are not giving you a grant or gift. Again, you are ignoring the common definition. Google "corporate subsidy" and see if you get any tax breaks. Of course when one particular industry gets a unique tax break it's a subsidy... I've seen you rally against that dozens of times on this thread. You are just arguing for the sake of arguing. re: Edit - But since you seem to dislike semantic arguments so much, why make one? Why argue whether this is a subsidy or that is a subsidy if we can't agree on the definition of subsidy. There are plenty of other words that can be used. Backing off your favorite semantics arguments? OK, lets get back to the issue. What was it anyway, I forgot?