&gt; I usually point out that oil&amp;gas get a tremendously larger amount of subsidie<p>Oil and Gas do not get direct subsidies, they get to write off capital expenses. That&#x27;s completely different.<p>You can downvote me all you want, but writing off capital expenses is available to every business and this is always included in the &quot;oil and gas subsidies&quot; number people tout, because it fits an agenda of corporate welfare for everyone else. Corporate welfare should be abolished. The Oil &amp; Gas sector did get a bailout in the early 90s, and it shouldn&#x27;t have. The auto industry also shouldn&#x27;t have been reaped rewards from government bailouts.