Sorry if I made it sound like you were misusing the word! Absolutely not so. I knew it was a problem with the article, not the poster!
Here in our area there are entire child care centers that are totally run by the funds from this source. This is not a subsidy. It’s welfare, pure and simple.
And not that I’m opposed to the centers. For many of these kids it’s the nearest thing they get to any kind of attention and care. But they are simply another example of using “the children” to extract money from the taxpayer to support a lifestyle the taxpayer has worked to avoid.
Sorry to be cranky right here at Christmas, but I see no end in sight. It gets worse every year and this year seems to have brought the start of socialized medicine.
You in no way made it sound like i was misusing the word,no apology necessary.I’d imagine it varies (the extent of any subsidy)from state to state and locale to locale. Probably some need based criteria such as school lunch.