The Finance Committee’s Special Interest Tax Extenders

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  August 7th at 11:40 AM  | 

Last week, with the help of Senator Orrin Hatch, the Senate Finance Committee voted to extend dozens of special interest tax preferences for green energy – preferences that are nothing more than subsidies and market distorters.  Included in the $205 billion package is the Production Tax Credit, which subsidizes up to 80% of wind energy production.  Score one for Big Wind! Other special interest handouts | Read More »