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minus-squareNougat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year ago A subsidy is a direct or indirect payment to individuals or firms, usually in the form of a cash payment from the government or a targeted tax cut. I would say that a government guaranteed price floor would count as a subsidy, especially on a luxury/vice product like tobacco.
I would say that a government guaranteed price floor would count as a subsidy, especially on a luxury/vice product like tobacco.