system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If the free market works so well, why do corporations need $93 Billion in annual government subsidies?

Saw this on my FB feed and seemed like a good question for ELI5.
gpt
Ideally, subsidies exist to incentivize behavior which the market doesn't value enough, like development of solar technology or new medical treatments. However, in our country, the biggest recievers of subsidies are oil companies. This is due to corruption.