WSJ's $21 Billion Subsidy Hypocrisy
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The Wall Street Journal —
continuing its tradition of providing free advertising for fossil fuels in the form of opinion pieces — published an oped by Tim Phillips arguing that we should end the wind power Production Tax Credit (PTC), a 22-year-old subsidy for wind power. It just so happens, however, that Phillips is none other than the president of Americans for Prosperity, the oil-loving, Koch-funded right-wing "free market" advocacy group.
Full truth filled article:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/02/1348794/-WSJ-s-21-Billion-Subsidy-HypocrisyAgelbert NOTE: This is not hard. Wind is eating fossil fuel profits even though it receives a PITTANCE in subsidy compared with fossil fuels. Consequently the fossil fuel fascists are DOING what they HAVE ALWAYS DONE to make it go away. Free market, MY ASS!