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It is exactly that. We are subsiding them and will not be repaid for it.

It's literally their money. Not taking other people's money is not a subsidy.

You can argue that they should be paying those taxes under the current law, but it's not a subsidy.

if they pay less, there's more pressure on you and I to pay more

No, according to the law its literally our money

Then it's tax fraud and illegal, not a subsidy. If it's not illegal, then ... it's still not a subsidy.