Wherever the wind blows the taxpayers get fleeced

"The main federal handout for the wind energy industry has grown considerably despite the fact that it expired at the end of 2013. Over the past two years, IRS administrators have relaxed the eligibility requirements to make it easier for in-progress wind farm projects to qualify for government subsidies (known in Washington as the ‘production tax credit’ or “PTC PTC”). The IRS has done so repeatedly and quietly, often without action from Congress."

"Back in December 2012, while Senate Minority Leader McConnell and Vice President Biden were negotiating a last-minute deal to prevent income taxes from rising across the board, special interests in the wind industry engaged in a flurry of lobbying activity. Congress slipped in a provision in the Fiscal Cliff at the 11th hour that extended and greatly expanded wind subsidies through lower eligibility requirements. Previously, wind farms had to be placed in service and generating electricity in order to claim the credit; after the Fiscal Cliff deal, they only had to be in the beginning stages of construction." (read more) 

Forbes OpEd

"The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind"

"Dozens of residents of a small community in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, have filed lawsuits claiming that a trio of large wind turbines located near their homes have been harming their health."

In the summer of 2010, the town of Falmouth and a private company called Notus Clean Energy erected three 400-feet-tall, 1.63 megawatt wind turbines.

Just months later, Sue Hobart, a 57-year-old wedding florist, began experiencing spells
of dizziness, bouts of insomnia, ringing in her ears and severe headaches.

‘Sometimes at night, especially in the winter, I wake up with a fluttering in the chest and think, “What the hell is that,”’ and the only place it happens is at my house,’ she told ABC News.

'Many people living within 2 km (1.25 miles) of these spinning giants get sick. So sick that they often abandon (as in, lock the door and leave) their homes,’ according to the book’s description. ‘Nobody wants to buy their acoustically toxic homes.'

Mr Anderson, however, [an earlier enthusiastic supporter] insisted that his symptoms were purely physical and not the products of an overactive imagination.

‘Just come in to my house and feel the walls shaking,’ he said

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