[yterdy]

I agree, insofar that "handouts" are primarily, in monetary volume:

1) favorable loan terms for financial entities (loans in both directions, but ultimately favoring the bottom line of private capital);

2) favorable taxation terms for the wealthiest earners and owners (e.g., low capital gains and inheritance taxes, when compared to income taxes);

and 3) federal and state benefits that often face large and unnecessary administrative costs (in order to reduce fraud (which is only possible because they're means-tested or otherwise restricted));

in that order. And the first two rob the treasury of far, far more than the last. By orders of magnitude, particularly in the past few years.