, Maddus Mattus wrote

@cbae:

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Oh, I agree with you, it should be 50/50.

But,.. Of that $100,-, $50,- is going to C wich pays no tax at all. So, A and B pay tax and do not get subsidy, A get's a tax break, wich leads to B paying more tax, but C gets the subsidy.

Quit trying to complicate things. I'm talking about subsidies being exactly the same as tax-breaks and having the same net-effect on the government's revenues. Go ahead, and tell me that they don't. Stop trying to weasel out of it.