That is financial assistance. That is a subsidy. And it appears to me, you are the one being purposefully obstinate.
Would you agree that the oil depletion allowance was also in the nature of financial assistance then?
I'm being accurate. For some reason, you insist on playing loose with the language.
Answer this: If a schoolyard bully takes the lunch money from four kids including yours every day for a month, is it financial assistance to your kid if he decides to stop taking it from yours? Is the bully subsidizing your kid's lunch by letting him keep his lunch money?