A release from Sen. Mark Udall today condemns the decision by the Republican National Committee to drop the wind production tax credit from the GOP party platform–considered vital to protecting thousands of Colorado jobs, and supported by nearly the entire Colorado delegation, including GOP Reps. Cory Gardner, Scott Tipton, and Mike Coffman.
But not supported by the new presumptive head of the Republican Party:
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall released the following statement after GOP leaders decided this week to remove an extension of the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) from its draft party platform:
“The wind PTC supports up to 6,000 jobs across Colorado and more than 75,000 jobs nationwide,” Udall said. “I am disappointed that former Gov. Romney and Republican leaders have ignored the voices within their own party, including the vast majority of Colorado Republicans, in choosing to exclude the PTC from their draft platform. As we saw last week when Vestas decided to lay off dozens of workers at its Pueblo facility, the failure to pass the PTC has real implications for Colorado and our nation. This isn’t a partisan issue. The PTC helps create Made-in-America energy and supports American manufacturing. It is incredibly unfortunate that national Republicans led by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are willing to cede these good-paying jobs and America’s place on the cutting edge of energy innovation to China and our other competitors abroad.”
The GOP’s decision to drop the wind PTC from its draft platform follows remarks by former Gov. Mitt Romney saying he would allow the tax credit to lapse. The wind PTC also would be allowed to expire under vice presidential candidate and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget plan.
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Wind energy is pretty awesome, it can’t be outsourced, and is very green. Taking away an incentive to keep American jobs and technology seems short-sighted and malicious at best.
Do you notice how our Colorado Republicans are allowed to think for themselves? The party platform follows the nominee. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have our opinions.
Unlike being a pro-life pro-traditional marriage Democrat.
There are just fewer and fewer and fewer people allowed in. Good luck with that.
Proof you’re wrong?
White male anti-choice anti-gay pro-drilling corporate shills that support wind power and those that don’t HUGE TENT and EVERYONE is welcome…well, not everyone everyone…
I was active in the Republican Party for decades but today try and nominate a pro choice or pro gay rights candidate in the Republican party primary or convention and see what happens.
You can’t really assume the Republican Party is a big tent when there are litmus tests that are absolute bars to most people running for the party’s nomination.
LOL! Sure, they think for themselves, as long as it’s in line with what big oil likes, what the teabaggers like, and isn’t so honest that it gets them in trouble (see: Akin, Rep. Todd).
Reince Preibus on MSNBC:
“This is the platform of the Republican Party; this is not the platform of Mitt Romney.”
So which is it?
difficult to read . . . looks something like, “better not tell you now” . . .
Let’s try asking it something else, maybe tax avoidance . . . or countries that are favorable shelters?
The 2008 Democratic platform was not the platform of Barack Obama, though it was close.
The problem with Preibus’s statement is, Romney’s platform really isn’t that different from the Republican Party platform. He’s just trying to give Romney some maneuvering room by keeping the uncertainty level high.
“Republican Platform Won’t Protect Mortgage Tax Deduction
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/…
The mortgage interest vote was a shift in Republican policy from four years ago, when the party platform said that “because affordable housing is in the national interest, any simplified tax system should continue to encourage homeownership, recognizing the tremendous social value that the home mortgage interest deduction has had for decades.”
Thank God they are preserving the O&G subsidies.
GOP Priorties — to the strong the spoils, to the weak — eh, who cares?
GOP Platform Committee voted down a plank in support of the mortgage interest deduction, presumably as part of deficit reduction. MID was supported in the 2008 platform.
CBO estimates the MID costs the federal treasury about $80 billion a year.
Ryan’s plan isn’t THE PLAN??