http://talkradionews.com/2009/06/gop-wants-us-to-be-a-leader-in-the-%e2%80%9cnuclear-renaissance%e2%80%9d/ The Talk Radio News Service is the only information news service dedicated to serving the talk radio community. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:46:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://talkradionews.com/2009/06/gop-wants-us-to-be-a-leader-in-the-%e2%80%9cnuclear-renaissance%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-44689 Crew Jones Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:01:45 +0000 http://talkradionews.com/?p=27604#comment-44689 The GOP should read the Cato Institute's Jerry Taylor, who as a conservative makes an excellent case for NOT building more nuclear plants. The industry lives off federal subsidies, is not able to survive on its own in the free market, and provides a better example for not perpetuating welfare than any "welfare queen." That the GOP would promote such business sloth begs the question - why? I can only surmise that it wants to show off some kind of macho credentials by backing what is really only a complex way to boil water. If you have to back a loser-in-the-marketplace industry to show how tough you are, you've already lost the battle. The GOP should read the Cato Institute’s Jerry Taylor, who as a conservative makes an excellent case for NOT building more nuclear plants. The industry lives off federal subsidies, is not able to survive on its own in the free market, and provides a better example for not perpetuating welfare than any “welfare queen.” That the GOP would promote such business sloth begs the question – why? I can only surmise that it wants to show off some kind of macho credentials by backing what is really only a complex way to boil water. If you have to back a loser-in-the-marketplace industry to show how tough you are, you’ve already lost the battle.

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