They are in locations that do not require or justify the high public cost per housing unit that low-income subsidies provide.

The pattern is similar across much of the Great Plains, where federal subsidies provide life support for the agricultural economy.

The decision added, "It would call for a management decision whether to use the increased subsidies to reduce fares, increase service or provide for future needs."

Gail Shearer, Consumers Union's manager of policy analysis, said such subsidies would provide incentives for people to stay poor.

Farm groups say the subsidies provide for a stable food supply, and ensure that major sectors of American agriculture will be competitive on the global market.

Yet when government rules or subsidies provide an opportunity to make some money, that free-market ideology is quietly shelved.

The more subsidy provided per building the broader the market that can be reached, but recently the subsidy has been lowered.

I therefore think that the subsidy provides some compensation for diminished use.

While subsidies may provide immediate benefits to an industry, in the long-run they pay prove to have unethical, negative effects.

These subsidies fluctuated often and provided a source of conflict between the Cossacks and the government.