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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is there such an uproar about welfare but not about corporate subsidies (welfare)
gpt
You've started with a false premise. There are actually plenty of highly publicized criticisms of corporate subsidies. For instance, farm subsidies routinely come under fire, especially recently when Congress passed on a food stamps bill. Government support for sports stadiums is also often criticized, and John Oliver discussed this on a recent episode of his HBO show.

So, allow me to reframe the question: Why do some people vehemently oppose government benefits for the poor while supporting government benefits for corporations?

The standard conservative theory is that people tend to do more of whatever they're incentivized to do. If being poor doesn't suck, then you're less likely to take a job that does suck just to get a little more money. The benefit of extra money from working might not outweight the suckiness of work. So, the less being poor sucks, the more willing people are to be poor.

On the other hand, they see benefits to businesses as helping those businesses grow and be successful, which in turn helps the economy, puts more people to work, etc.