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Alternative to the tax end payments to doctors under medicare, there's another crucial piece of legislation set to expire. the renewable tax credit gives wind producers a tax credit that led to $20 billion in private investment and the creation of 75,000 jobs. in fact, we're in the midst of an incredible boone with wind energy. this increases 600% between 2006 and 2011 going from supplying 18% of american electric generate heing capacity to 32%. there's solar, which according to the international energy agency is the fastest growing because the solar panels are dropping at 7% a year. it pushes...

$18 billion. would you admit that the ethanol producers and the wind producers and the solar producers are not making $18 billion per quarter. do you think they really need these subsidies? and did the speaker just maybe make a political mistake there? what do you think? >> well, i would concede they're probably not making the same profits because people don't want their products as much as they want oil. oil is what fuels our economy. but as a man of the left i would think you would be very concerned about these subsidies for ethanol because it's leading to higher food prices. higher food pri...

Competition for energy and for consumers, i think they're talking about having an even playing field. >> but amy they're not making $18 billion. would you admit that the ethanol producers and the wind producers and the solar producers are not making $18 billion per quarter. do you think they really need these subsidies? and did the speaker just maybe make a political mistake there? what do you think? >> well, i would concede they're probably not making the same profits because people don't want their products as much as they want oil. oil is what fuels our economy. but as a man of the left i w...