they never go away.

take a look at the billions of dollars a year given out in synfuel subsidies and to “spray and pray” projects that allege (but have been conclusively shown not to) make coal less dusty and cleaner burning. in some cases, you get a tax credit for spraying diesel fuel on coal.

i am not a fan of subsidizing anything, but if you must, then all subsides ought to have an automatic sunset data. letting them go on forever regardless of the results is ludicrous.

Somthing else you may not have known, living here in okanogan co. wash. myself, this is a fact i know first hand.
Most of your out of work loggers have found new employment in fire fighting, indeed it has grown into an actual industry , the going joke at the shop i work in, is that ” fire fighters ” is the proper title….because there is no money to be made putting them out, the money is made ” fighting” them.
I guess the thing that gets my gall is this… when we had a healthy logging industry, we had gainfully employed folks making there wages and paying taxes on a profitable product.
As i said …these folks are still employed, but from where does their income come from now??? And what product creates the wealth that pays their wages??

Karl