The money spent annually in directly subsidizing the existing settlements was estimated in 2001 at $400 million.

Portions of the Cranston-D'Amato bill would, appropriately, directly subsidize low-cost housing.

The poor, who are subsidized directly, and are likely to be exempted even in the case of radical decontrol, would stay put.

The government cannot allow the company to collapse, but it cannot directly subsidize it without drawing the ire of the European Union.

He merely uses an inefficient subsidy for something that is increasingly cheap and easy to do at home--and which could soon be subsidized directly at far lower expense.

Under the president's plan, the government would directly subsidize premiums for everyone who signed up for drug benefits.

Since the government does not directly subsidize the rural sector it is not aware of the magnitude of the problem and of its financial impact on AyA.

The question, the university said in its Supreme Court brief, is "whether the state may directly subsidize a religious belief with public funds."

Governments who get involved in picking winners, or directly subsidizing particular forms of 'green' energy installation are doing themselves and their populations a big disservice.

Studies show that women's unpaid labour directly and indirectly subsidizes men's paid labour.