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To: slacker711 who wrote (111640)	5/23/2009 1:39:53 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 541684

>>I have no idea if the source is a reputable institution, so you can quibble with the numbers. However, I dont really think many would dispute that energy subsidies end up costing jobs in the economy. Those subsidies are put in place to support inefficient modes of production, which pretty much by definition means that they are reducing overall output and jobs. << Slacker - If "inefficient" means "producing less energy while requiring more people to do the work," then I don't see how energy subsidies can create fewer jobs than they obviate. I would think that any energy production system that uses fewer people to create the same amount of energy would be considered more efficient, not less. And I thought that conservatives were supposed to be all for efficiency in the workplace. Maybe I'm missing something. - Allen