Roughly in chronological order.
Protective tariffs and regulations
Welfare
Municipal transit authorities
Crop subsidies
Social Security
Medicare
Medicaid
Affirmative action
Disability and veterans’ preferences
Student loan subsidies
Subsidies for sports facilities, industrial relocation, housing developments
Low-income mortgage subsidies
Earned-income tax credit
Prescription drug coverage (Medicare Part D)
Obamacare (i.e., Medicare/Medicaid expansion)
Bank bailouts
There’s a lot more, but you get the idea.
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