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Whoa! This is one of the most revealing quotes of the year thus far.  While touring Siemens’ wind energy plant in Hutchinson, Kansas, Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) dismissed criticism of the targeted tax subsidy designed to make wind power competitive.

Via The Hutchinson News:

There are members of Congress who feel we ought not to pick winners and losers, to let the markets decided. I believe it’s better to get this industry up and running, then let the country decide… rather than pull the rug out overnight.

Never before has there been such a plainspoken defense of picking winners and losers.  Whenever you hear someone in Washington talk about manipulating the market it always down to this: I believe this is the right way and I am not going to let the country decide.

The Heritage Foundation’s Nick Loris has the details on why targeted tax credits are neither conservative nor free market.

Below is a list of blogs from across the country which deal with the hot topics of the day:

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Thanks to the efforts of good conservatives, we sent a message to Washington that the highway bills (H.R.7 and S.1813) are unacceptable, but the fight isn’t over. Right now, Congress is not in session, which means lawmakers are back home in their districts trying to defend these terrible pieces of legislation.

And they’re getting help. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is doing its part to tout the bill and it’s big-government spending priorities. Now, to be fair, the Chamber does some good things – like defending free enterprise – for the country, but this is not one of them.

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