Watertown Daily Times | Need for tax breaks vexing

Watertown Daily Times | Need for tax breaks vexing
Subsidy opponents say taxpayer cash going to the rich
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008


Money doesn't grow on trees, but it may grow on windmills.

The developers of the four proposed wind farms in Jefferson County could capitalize on tax breaks and incentives at the federal, state and local levels through their projects. Opponents say the subsidies take taxpayer money and give it to those who already are rich.

"It's the taxpayers and electric customers that are taken to the cleaners," said Glenn R. Schleede, a widely known wind power opponent who has worked for electric utilities and the federal Office of Management and Budget.

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