Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor is a classical political economic argument which states that in advanced capitalist societies state policies assure that more resources flow to the rich than to the poor for example in the form of transfer payments the term corporate welfare is widely used to describe the bestowal of favorable treatment to big business particular.
Rugged individualism for the poor.
The problem is that we all to often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor.
Martin luther king jr.
Everybody is on welfare in this country.
And highways that take our white brothers out to the suburbs were built with federally subsidized money to the tune of 90 percent.
Martin luther king jr.
Suburbia was built with federally subsidized credit.
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We all too often have socialism for the rich and rugged free market capitalism for the poor.