[Elsie]

This subsidy may well be for the public good and is certainly legitimate under our system of government, but to quibble over what it's called is silly.

No; it is NOT 'silly'!

Re-defining things today is an art form; done by those who wish to mask the TRUE nature of that being re-defined.

Undocumented workers? Illegal aliens?
No; border invaders.

Alternate lifestyle? LGBT 'rights'?
No; SIN.

Choice? Unwanted woman's tissue?
No; death of a HUMAN being.

There are many more; but you get my drift; I hope.

[semimojo]

Re-defining things today is an art form...

As I asked upthread, if a public university chooses to charge one favored group of students les for the same education as everyone else would you object to calling that a subsidy?

If not, what's the difference between that and a state choosing to charge one entity less in taxes than the others yet providing them the same level of services?