Here's a bit about coal subsidies which isn't a figment of my liberal imagination:

http://www.taxpayer.net/greenscissors/LearnMore/senatefossilfuelsubsidies.htm

I don't think NoviDemocrat needs an alt screen name, he seems to cause enough havoc here with just his own!

As for MichiganLiberal....its on my regular blog bookmark along with RightMichigan and a whole host of others from mainstream to freaky....

Me; no party affiliation. I'd pigeonhole myself a moderate with liberal leanings, a environmentalist/conservationist by profession (socialist, to you all?) a contrarian by nature and enjoy the devil's advocacy of give-and-take. Nothing personal, my right-wing friends! I still remember the days when the Dems and Reps talked to each other and people weren't permanently scowling.

Hey Burley, to be clear, I don't necessarily support all the so-called "subsidies" (my word) I suggested restaurants get (TIFAs and DDA's particularly gall me), just trying to point out that businesses and residents don't exist on some fictionarl self-sufficient libertarian island.

Galt...I love reading your stuff. You're damn smart whether I agree with you or not (let's see....generally, NOT!) Let me know when your Ferrari bond issue is on the ballot, I need to make that election.

I know this isn't necessarily a forum to debate policy...it's RightMichigan and it is what it is. But I appreciate that I can be a contrarian without getting blacklisted. It give me hope for civility! What is politics and public policy debate if it can't be fun sometimes!!

Cheers,