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Chicago Tribue Editorial: "Let the Wind Subsidy Blow Away" [View all]
A very, let's face it, uniquely Tribune-y editorial from Sunday's Chicago Tribune.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-01-05/opinion/ct-edit-wind-energy-subsidy-edit-0105-20140105_1_wind-energy-turbines-wind-farms
My favorite line:
The obvious solution here is for Congress and the White House to stop manipulating the tax code as America's de facto energy policy: Thorough federal tax reform should sunset this arbitrary favoritism for wind energy and other politically favored industries.
Meanwhile Exxon et al will go on collecting their tributes...
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