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Obama in Iowa promotes renewable energy, jobs in the wind industry

Obama Urges Alternative Energy Subsidies, Hispanic Business Sept. 2, 2012 U.S. President Barack Obama campaigned in Iowa Saturday, saying Mitt Romney’s ideas to improve the economy are “retreads of the same old” Republican policies.

During his speech at Morningside College in Sioux City, ridiculed Republicans for coming up with an agenda at their national convention in Tampa, Fla., “that was probably a little better suited for the last century.” …

….[Obama’s]   desire to see alternative energies grow to help the United States become energy self-sufficient. He touted the efforts of renewable energy businessman Rob Hach and his wife, Tara.

He said Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan “would put those jobs at risk by ending tax credits for wind energy producers.”

“Rob told you, he [Romney] said these new sources of energy are ‘imaginary.’ And Mr. Ryan called them a ‘fad,'” Obama said. “You just saw Rob. He looks pretty real to me. I wasn’t imagining him up here talking, was I? He has been in the wind energy business for nearly 20
years. He and his wife Tara now have 27 employees. Nearly 7,000 jobs in Iowa depend on the wind industry. These jobs aren’t fads; they’re our future.

“It’s time to stop giving a $4 billion taxpayer subsidy to oil companies that are making money every time you go to the pump. And let’s give some tax breaks to wind energy and homegrown energy and biofuels that are creating jobs right here in Iowa. That’s the choice
in this election. That’s what we’re fighting for….. http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/9/2/obama_urges_alternative_energy_subsidies.htm

September 3, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized