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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (5029)	2/16/2009 2:21:09 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

How is $13 billion a year in tax incentives for Big Oil consistent with a free market? A free market is one where there is a level playing field with minimum government interference. RIght now, oil and coal have very big advantages over renewables, even after the new investments in Obama's recovery package. Also, we've been over this before. Creating new industries requires a collaborative partnership between government and industry. I know you don't believe that, but that is the way business works. Businesses cannot function without government helping to lay the ground rules, evening the playing field, incubating the industry with favorable laws and investment, and negotiating trade agreements. Government has a very real function in business and your denial of that simply shows your ignorance in this area.