Erhm, why is tax relief called a "subsidy"?  Aren't the original sums of money in question generated by the companies?  

Surely this would only be a genuine subsidy if the money were originally generated by the State, then taken out of the Treasury and given to the companies, with no productive effort on their part?  :-/

Careless use of language is too often symptomatic of careless thinking.

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