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On the recordJuly 16, 2013
the exact same people who were saying, 'By golly we need this tax incentive to go out and build these windmills,' are now complaining that these rich corporations are not paying taxes.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

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Risch points out hypocrisy in tax incentive discussions for windmills.

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