corporate welfare bum

Meaning: (chieflyCanada,idiomatic,derogatory)A businesscorporationor businessexecutivereceiving significantfinancialassistancefrom government sources.1983April 29, "End welfare dithering,"Montreal Gazette(Canada), p. B-2(retrieved 9 Nov 2015):[A]nother $8 million went to keep alive Quebecair, acorporate welfare bumif ever there was one.2011,Cory Doctorow,Context,→ISBN,page113:Meanwhile: every telecomm company is as big acorporate welfare bumas you could ask for.2015May 11, David Booth, “The Tesla secret Elon Musk doesn’t want you to know”, inDriving, Canada, retrieved9 November 2015:Elon Musk . . . is also — and this you read less about — a serial, almost kleptomaniacal,corporate welfare bumwhose greatest talent seems to be sucking at the U.S. government’s teat for personal gain and glory.2015Nov. 4,Ezra Levant, "Liberal conundrum: Side with their anti-airport Toronto MPs? Or “corporate welfare bum” Bombardier?,"ezralevant.com(Canada),(retrieved 9 Nov 2015):Corporate welfare bumBombardier is already demanding a billion more dollars in corporate bailouts from Trudeau’s Liberals.

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