Reply #24: The difference:

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Funding computer purchases by schools because the schools need computers is quite different from giving targeted tax breaks to certain companies because politicians think that those companies are good business or somehow deserve the extra help.

According to my personal preferences politicians should be taking care of infrastructure like schools. They shouldn't try to decide what kind of businesses are good business but leave that to businessmen. I consider that kind of targeted favors a bad idea whichever candidate proposes it.

(Politicians should still decide what kind of businesses are BAD business though, as in polluting or otherwise destructive...)