Subsidized

 

Being subsidized relates to a cost, etc. that is partly paid for by the government or an organization

 

To be subsidized is to give money to, pay a subsidy to, give a grant to, contribute to, make a contribution to, invest in, sponsor, fund, finance, provide finance/capital for, capitalize, underwrite, back, support, give support to, keep, help, aid, assist, shore up, prop up, buttress, pick up the tab for, foot the bill for, shell out for, fork out for, cough up for, chip in for, bankroll, pony up for a service or item.

Your parent(s) subsidized you growing up because you were too young to work and you aren’t born with money, so someone has to pay for the food and clothing and education before you are old enough to be on your own.

When you do get employment, you always want more than you earn, so there are credit plans, loans, banks and securities, organizations that can give you money with a payback plan plus interest. You can rob, but that is against the law.

So, you spend your life begging for money from the folks that have extra. If you are a kick-starter, you can be subsidized by backers and investors hope you will become successful and rich and who intend to get their money back with interest. If you are an established business thinking about moving or expanding, communities will offer you incentives of subsidizing roadways and infrastructures to reduced tax rates to entice you to move to their location promising jobs and additional taxes. If you are a politician your campaigns are subsidized by lobbyist or wealthy donors who want favors in return.

Science projects are subsidized, exploration is subsidized, medical research is subsidized, education is subsidized, manufacturing is subsidized, munitions are subsidized, wars are subsidized, countries are subsidized, the poor are subsidized, the wanders are subsidized, the criminals are subsidized, food is subsidized, child care is subsidized, the sick are subsidized, the mentally ill are subsidized, the arts are subsidized, the lobbies are subsidized, the unions are subsidized, religion is subsidized, etc.

Now is the holiday season and the end of year giving. The dinners and gifts are just subsidizing your friendship and relationships. You may give a bit extra tithe when passed the plate deciding between Santa Clause and Jesus. Smile at the bell ringer and throw a few shekels in the red bucket to make you feel generous. Give a larger tip or drop a bill into the busking musician’s hat on the street you normally pass by. Make a donation to your favorite public service station for a free tote bag. Give some change to your alumni association so the team can get bigger lockers. Take some flowers out to the cemetery, if you can remember the location of the family plot. Make a donation for your local charity or soup kitchen because it is the time of giving to those who are forgotten the rest of the year. With the elections coming up, you can feed a dollar or two to your favorite happy face who is promising everything you want and denying the other party your cash.

Come the first of the year, you can get all your bills together and then figure out how you will subsidize the country.