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I got an email this morning from the American Wind Energy Association.

In this email was a link to an article called “Renewable Energy Tax Credits: Keeping America at Work.”

Every person getting ready to vote this November should read this article. We need to get our priorities straight when it comes to energy and job creation.

Here's an excerpt from the article. . .

Tax credits for renewable energy begin to level the playing field with oil, gas, coal, and nuclear energy. As a matter of fact fossil fuels have received permanent taxpayer money since 1920s, costing taxpayers well over $500 billion. Even in recent years, after maturing for a century, fossil energy still receives 5 times the subsidies as renewables, according to the Government Accountability Office. Even more, Americans pay for fossil fuel in the form of an additional $60 billion in healthcare costs according to the Bush Administration report on hidden costs of energy. We have a choice between a balanced energy plan that includes wind and renewable American energy or plan that continues our increasing dependence on fossil fuels for our electricity which is now over 60 percent.

You can read the entire piece here.

Jeff

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