It is no use propping up an industry which has no future; in the end this will help nobody.
I am a little worried about equating patriotism with propping up this declining capitalist system.
We are not propping up outdated feudalism just for the sake of it.
But is he not propping up a rickety building?
The new social fund will become a propping-up device, a new safety net and a catch-all for many people in need.
Have we not got enough cathedrals without propping up our old, mouldering monasteries?
If we are not prepared to accept the forces of the market, we support the propping up of lame ducks.
At present, nearly all that budget goes to propping up the common agricultural policy, an out-of-date, inefficient, costly and socially divisive system.
