"... The government spends about 50% more on corporate welfare than social welfare ..."  {shrug}  And it shouldn't.  So what?  I don't think that your observation obviates the point made by Polybius one bit.  When more people are suctioning out of the governmental trough than are putting back into it, the fate of the Republic is sealed.  It doesn't really matter whether the hozers are acting individually or collectively as an incorporated group.  :-/

"...  It's not progressives pushing for corporate subsidies ..."  Huh.  A few entries down below one of the more prominent liberal-progressive voices on these boards is hailing once again Mr. Obama for pushing through one of the biggest corporate subsidy awards of All Time - the GM bailout.  This episode has always been described to me by my liberal associates as the greatest Social Advance since the Discovery of Frog's Hair.  So history, it seems, completely contradicts your statement vis á vis liberals and corporate subsidies.  :-/