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Replace subsidies for oil companies with free market

Bills and Klobuchar did manage to agree on the need to end public subsidies for oil companies, but they again diverged on the necessity of federal renewable energy standards.

Klobuchar argued that the standards have aided the country's shift away from dependence on foreign oil. Bills contended that a free market approach--moving away from mandates and subsidies--would ultimately lead to a more vibrant economy.

"D.C. is booming because of borrowed and printed money," he said, citing instead the deregulation of agriculture in New Zealand. "We want our economy to boom because of agriculture."

Source: MinnPost.com on 2012 MN Senate debate , Aug 8, 2012

Replace subsidies for oil companies with renewable standards

Bills and Klobuchar did manage to agree on the need to end public subsidies for oil companies, but they again diverged on the necessity of federal renewable energy standards.

Klobuchar argued that the standards have aided the country's shift away from dependence on foreign oil. Bills contended that a free market approach--moving away from mandates and subsidies--would ultimately lead to a more vibrant economy.

"D.C. is booming because of borrowed and printed money," he said, citing instead the deregulation of agriculture in New Zealand. "We want our economy to boom because of agriculture."

Source: MinnPost.com on 2012 MN Senate debate , Aug 8, 2012

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