Romney Opposes Wind Energy Tax Credit

"I'm Chris Maese, and I live in Pueblo, Colorado. Until a few weeks ago, I had a job building wind turbines. When I got hired, when I had the opportunity to work there, I jumped on it. I got laid off because Mitt Romney and his friends in Congress want to eliminate tax credits for the wind industry. I think Mitt Romney is not in touch with the little guy. He's always been a supporter of Big Oil. He has friends that are in the Big Oil industry. That might be great for Mitt Romney and Big Oil, but try telling that to my kids."

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[lonnyblair22]

I was actually laid off from the same company... and yess its because of the ptc.. mitt doesn't support it so customers won't buy.. and if any of you know about business no sales no work..

[Lee Kogul]

So just exactly how did Mitt Romney cut off tax subsidies to this company? Last time I checked, he was RUNNING for office, not an office holder.

As far as I'm concerned, this Chris Maese liar deserved to lose his job and his kids should be ashamed of him.

By the way, what is it the people of New Jersey and New York are now clamoring for? Oil or windmills?

[PayPalsucks2009]

Hang on! Are people really dumb enough to think this guy got laid off because of what somebody "wants" to do????

Blatent lies like this make we wonder how anybody can even be a liberal. Not only are they liars, they obviously think their target audiance are idiots.

[Don VonderBurg]

" I got laid off because Mitt Romney and his friends in Congress want to eliminate tax credits for the wind industry" Really?!? What? Are you from the future? If you are you're lying! Mitt Romney can only "say" he opposes giving my hard earned money stolen from the Federal government to subsidize a failed industry. He has no power or authority to act on any taxes on a federal level. I think that will change in Jan 2013.

[roadwarrior1981]

" I got laid off because Mitt Romney and his friends in Congress want to eliminate tax credits for the wind industry" Bullshit, you didn't get laid off because someone 'wants' to eliminate tax credits. If you think that, you are a moron.

You got laid off because Vestas (a FOREIGN company) typically runs out of orders and lays off employees when there is NO WORK.

Why would anyone be excited to give a FOREIGN company a tax credit to build wind turbines on US soil?

[Andromedos]

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[TomBMWGroup]

Also worth noting, the 12 little windmills mentioned were refurbished units, originally built in the 1980's by a now defunct company (Danwin). A good point that can be taken from your comment, however, is that wind turbines (most conventional gearbox designs anyways) are much less efficient below 20 degrees F - though still operational in many other cold climates in Scandanavia, Europe, and as mentioned, even the other 99.9% of the turbines in Minnesota.