"Out of the whole list of things that the government can subsidize, subsidies for this are pretty near the bottom of the list, " says James Gattuso, a senior research fellow in regulatory policy at the Heritage Foundation.

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For all its subsidies and China does subsidize solar to some degree one of the largest solar panel makers recently filed for bankruptcy.

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We've increased subsidies for college tuition, and we subsidize heating fuel costs as well.

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