The biggest direct subsidy is the air traffic control system.

The city has also provided big subsidies to businesses willing to relocate downtown.

The company did not seem entirely satisfied - pushing for a bigger subsidy than that which was proposed.

The other students receive a bigger subsidy: on average, aid totaling more than $28,500, most of it from the college itself.

Currently they receive a big subsidy from the private sector.

Still, the numbers make clear that the era of big public subsidies for professional sports is far from over.

Without such big subsidies, local phone companies would find it uneconomical to serve some towns or neighborhoods.

As part of last year's prescription drug bill, they tried again, offering an even bigger subsidy to private plans.

Only according to the Train Companies who want big subsidies.

All of this means that airports eventually will have to make big changes or get big subsidies.