a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1247:"<span style="font-size: larger;">The &ldquo;GOLDEN GOOSE&rdquo; of subsidies is about to end at midnight on December 31, 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><strong><em><span style="font-size: larger;">Since 1992 $24,000,000,000.00&nbsp; of&nbsp; &quot;OUR TAX DOLLARS&quot;&nbsp; have been wasted to encourage investment in wind power through direct spending, tax breaks, R&amp;D, loan guarantees and other federal support of electric power. It is estimated that a one-year extension of existing federal subsidies for wind power would cost &quot;THE U.S. TAXPAYERS&quot; almost $12,000,000,000.00 billion.</span></em></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">It&rsquo;s time to stop the insanity and let the energy markets live or die based on the free market economy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For an article on what subsidies cost and the other impacts of what these subsidies are click on the following story link:</span><br />
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