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In reply to the discussion: The goal was to make wind politically "toxic,"... [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. What I find interesting is...
...that we go on about tax credits for wind power, and then are shocked, shocked that GE, the largest US producer of them, gets all sorts of tax advantages.
I don't have a problem with the tax credits, as I am one of those folks who believes the tax code can productively be used to shape policy, and that whether those purposes are being gamed is something that requires continuous oversight. But we can't be too hypocritical about GE getting "tax breaks" if we are going to support tax credits relative to wind energy.
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Including, even many of them don't realize it, most of our resident climate doomers. n/t
AverageJoe90
May 2013
#62
The same people who claim this malarky will also say climate chage is a hoax.
MindPilot
May 2013
#79
Deducting operating expenses and depreciating equipment and wells is not a subsidy
badtoworse
May 2013
#48
Would it have made a difference if I cited the Energy Information Administration?
badtoworse
May 2013
#93
there are plenty of direct and indirect tax breaks and subsidies for oil & gas; the link i
HiPointDem
May 2013
#96
the link took you to the results of a google search for gas subsidies. the natural gas industry
HiPointDem
May 2013
#98