corporate welfare bum



corporate welfare bum

A corporation or executive who makes money (or is thought to make money) through tax breaks or legal loopholes. Primarily heard in Canada. These corporate welfare bums can afford to pay the taxes, but they just get their accountants to make it so they don't have to.
See also: bum, corporate, welfare

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LawsonLAW-sənEnglish
Nousha-Persian
Taymuraz-Ossetian
SiegfriedZEEK-freet (German)German, Germanic Mythology
Radoslavarah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Dewitt[də'wit]