Sorry, guys, I've said my peace. It's simple: the US would not have entered the subsidy game without being forced to. Until about the time of the Chrysler bail-out, the US had shied from subsidies. It played the "nationalized industry" game (with the airline industry, for example) for a bit, which is truly a form of subsidy, but was first in leading the world away from this model as well. In fact, airline deregulation in the US was the model which inspired the Torries. Anyway, that's several other tales, and offtopic. I said my peace, we differ.
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