[Ma8ee]

The argument that lower taxes isn't a subsidy is just stupid. It makes absolutely no meaningful difference if someone pays the same taxes as everyone else but then the government pay them some money, or if someone pays correspondingly lower taxes. In the end the recipient ends up with exactly the same amount of more money, and the government ends up with exactly the same amount of less money.

[zdragnar]

> and the government ends up with exactly the same amount of less money.

Minus overhead

[Ma8ee]

What overhead? Do you really think it makes any significant difference versus recalculating the taxes?