When we give a subsidy, the benefits to the public ought to exceed the benefits to the company. When it doesn’t, that’s our definition of corporate welfare.

Meaning of the quote

When the government gives money to a company, the public should get more benefits than the company. If the company gets more benefits than the public, then it's considered 'corporate welfare', which means the government is helping the company more than the people.

About John Kasich

John Kasich is an American politician and author who served as the 69th governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. He has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Republican candidate for the presidential nomination in 2000 and 2016. Kasich is known as one of Donald Trump’s most prominent critics within the Republican Party.

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