7 sentences with 'subsidies'
Example sentences and phrases with the word subsidies and other words derived from it.
• « The standard of living in the USSR was mediocre, but medical care, housing and food were free or cheap thanks to state subsidies. The kind of "levelling out" associated with communist theory occurred, in a sense, because most people lived at a similar standard of living, despite the advantages afforded to older members of the communist party. »
• « In the late 1950s, 37% of Western European families' income was indirect, subsidies "paid" by their governments in the form of housing allowances, food subsidies, health care and education. European governments spent four times as much revenue on social services in 1957 as they did in 1930. »
• « By the late 1960s, most Western European states provided free high-quality health care, free education from primary school to university, and various subsidies and pensions. »
• « The left-right compromise that had seen widespread support for nationalised industry, free health care and education, housing subsidies and strong trade unions collapsed for good from the mid-1970s onwards. »
• « Prime Minister Thatcher also cut government subsidies to various industries, resulting in an explosion of unemployment in manufacturing areas. »
• « To further promote domestic industry, he proposed federal subsidies to American industries. Like all of Hamilton's programmes, the idea of government involvement in the development of American industries was new. »
• « After the second oil shock of 1978, the National Government tried to fix the problem with new industrial and energy initiatives and farm subsidies. The economy faltered in the 1980s when the fall of oil prices made these schemes unsound. Inflation and unemployment went up as a result. »