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As we were just talking about, why aren't they talking about the jobs and the economy? for many in the hawk eye state, jobs are exactly what they need. john roberts is live in iowa right now with more on the lack of job talk. and john, it is surprising to so many people that the candidates have not been more focused on jobs. >> it really is. so many people, kelly, we have talked to say it is issue number one for them. we are a little southeast of des moines in a dutch community, home of the country's largest wind mill. it is a very conservative community. we are really talking about a tale of ...

The people killed making the wind mill. >> this is a key economic construct. if everybody in america knew what an externality was then i think we would be better off. >> the politicians can apportion this properly? >> even with the subsidy you propose you still will have an average family of four paying triple for electricity if you move forward in the process you propose. in the state of kansas we have renewable mandates. this is an extraordinary cost that you are placing on the american consumer. if you will just let energy compete we will find the best energy technology. >> and by let energ...

Waste hundreds of millions of dollars on energy subsidies that go to no good. we have seen what happened with solyndra. >> the next one might be the good one. >> eventually they get a good one. they will eventually pick a winner but we will have wasted and squandered the ability of the competitive marketplace to solve the problem that we want solve. >> your goal is an admirable one. i think we all agree we want the best prices for american consumers and have a secure energy source. the question is how long have we subsidized some of those harmful to us and to what degree are the prices built i...

The wind mills going around and the people killed making the wind mill. >> this is a key economic construct. if everybody in america knew what an externality was then i think we would be better off. >> the politicians can apportion this properly? >> even with the subsidy you propose you still will have an average family of four paying triple for electricity if you move forward in the process you propose. in the state of kansas we have renewable mandates. this is an extraordinary cost that you are placing on the american consumer. if you will just let energy compete we will find the best energy...

Debt. the last thing we want to do is waste hundreds of millions of dollars on energy subsidies that go to no good. we have seen what happened with solyndra. >> the next one might be the good one. >> eventually they get a good one. they will eventually pick a winner but we will have wasted and squandered the ability of the competitive marketplace to solve the problem that we want solve. >> your goal is an admirable one. i think we all agree we want the best prices for american consumers and have a secure energy source. the question is how long have we subsidized some of those harmful to us and...