The Washington Post Discovers the Problems with Energy Subsidies
Any time Congress considers subsidizing politically-favored sources of energy, it should consider the following questions:
What if the subsidies do not make a politically-favored energy source cost-effective?
What if the politically-favored energy source turns out to be less than advocates envision?
Can Congress kill a subsidy program after it has created a constituency that is receiving taxpayer dollars?
Won’t [...]