Government loan guarantees and subsidies also make it easier to survive.

"The subsidy plugs that gap and makes it a viable operation."

The subsidies have not exactly made them slaves either.

"Competition is fine, but the subsidies they are getting make it unfair competition."

The availability of competent musicians were bigger and financial subsidies made it possible to pay members, though not abundant.

If these investment funds were based on the financial merits of the investments, you would not need subsidies to make them happen.

But local zoning codes and the subsidies for new roads make it difficult to create those neighborhoods.

Just because something requires a subsidy doesn't automatically make it a bad thing.

Many governments around the world provide subsidies to offset the high cost and make their production economically feasible.

The city and the state also would contribute subsidies to make the apartments affordable.