Definition of corporate welfare bum in English:

corporate welfare bum

noun

Canadian informal

A business or business executive perceived to be exploiting tax loopholes or benefiting unduly from government subsidies or tax breaks.
I'd like to see the corporate welfare bums pay their fair share of taxes
Example sentencesExamples
- His budget plans were all based on help the rich, screw the poor, keep giving big subsidies to Big Oil and other corporate welfare bums, and keep defence spending high.
- The company characterized the new entrants as "all-time corporate welfare bums."
- They've got a winner if they say it's in the interest of fighting crony capitalism aka corporate welfare bums.
- Who could have anticipated Government subsidies to worthless corporate welfare bums, amounting to $63 billion dollars.
- David Lewis, father of Canada's New Democratic Party, was railing against "corporate welfare bums" - big businesses who failed to pay their share of taxes - in 1972.
- Subsidies pander to "corporate welfare bums" who could do just as well without any handouts.
- The magazines he shaped are benefiting from heavy government subsidies and are, in fact, among the corporate welfare bums he hates so intensely.

Origin

1970s: popularized by Canadian politician David Lewis (1909–81) of the New Democratic Party during the 1972 federal election.

Definition of corporate welfare bum in US English:

corporate welfare bum

noun

Canadian informal

A business or business executive perceived to be exploiting tax loopholes or benefiting unduly from government subsidies or tax breaks.
I'd like to see the corporate welfare bums pay their fair share of taxes
Example sentencesExamples
- David Lewis, father of Canada's New Democratic Party, was railing against "corporate welfare bums" - big businesses who failed to pay their share of taxes - in 1972.
- Subsidies pander to "corporate welfare bums" who could do just as well without any handouts.
- They've got a winner if they say it's in the interest of fighting crony capitalism aka corporate welfare bums.
- The company characterized the new entrants as "all-time corporate welfare bums."
- His budget plans were all based on help the rich, screw the poor, keep giving big subsidies to Big Oil and other corporate welfare bums, and keep defence spending high.
- The magazines he shaped are benefiting from heavy government subsidies and are, in fact, among the corporate welfare bums he hates so intensely.
- Who could have anticipated Government subsidies to worthless corporate welfare bums, amounting to $63 billion dollars.

Origin

1970s: popularized by Canadian politician David Lewis (1909–81) of the New Democratic Party during the 1972 federal election.

单词	corporate welfare bum
释义	Definition of corporate welfare bum in English: corporate welfare bum noun Canadian informal A business or business executive perceived to be exploiting tax loopholes or benefiting unduly from government subsidies or tax breaks. I'd like to see the corporate welfare bums pay their fair share of taxes Example sentencesExamples His budget plans were all based on help the rich, screw the poor, keep giving big subsidies to Big Oil and other corporate welfare bums, and keep defence spending high. The company characterized the new entrants as "all-time corporate welfare bums." They've got a winner if they say it's in the interest of fighting crony capitalism aka corporate welfare bums. Who could have anticipated Government subsidies to worthless corporate welfare bums, amounting to $63 billion dollars. David Lewis, father of Canada's New Democratic Party, was railing against "corporate welfare bums" - big businesses who failed to pay their share of taxes - in 1972. Subsidies pander to "corporate welfare bums" who could do just as well without any handouts. The magazines he shaped are benefiting from heavy government subsidies and are, in fact, among the corporate welfare bums he hates so intensely. Origin 1970s: popularized by Canadian politician David Lewis (1909–81) of the New Democratic Party during the 1972 federal election. Definition of corporate welfare bum in US English: corporate welfare bum noun Canadian informal A business or business executive perceived to be exploiting tax loopholes or benefiting unduly from government subsidies or tax breaks. I'd like to see the corporate welfare bums pay their fair share of taxes Example sentencesExamples David Lewis, father of Canada's New Democratic Party, was railing against "corporate welfare bums" - big businesses who failed to pay their share of taxes - in 1972. Subsidies pander to "corporate welfare bums" who could do just as well without any handouts. They've got a winner if they say it's in the interest of fighting crony capitalism aka corporate welfare bums. The company characterized the new entrants as "all-time corporate welfare bums." His budget plans were all based on help the rich, screw the poor, keep giving big subsidies to Big Oil and other corporate welfare bums, and keep defence spending high. The magazines he shaped are benefiting from heavy government subsidies and are, in fact, among the corporate welfare bums he hates so intensely. Who could have anticipated Government subsidies to worthless corporate welfare bums, amounting to $63 billion dollars. Origin 1970s: popularized by Canadian politician David Lewis (1909–81) of the New Democratic Party during the 1972 federal election.
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