Posted by
Average Voter on Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:15:23 AM
About 20 past or present Missouri officials have received more than $400,000 in tax credits for investing in alternative fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel.
But many of them had an advantage: They wrote the tax breaks into law or voted to award millions of tax dollars to energy companies in which they were invested.Some of the officials began taking the tax breaks before they were elected and continued doing so after taking office. Others used the breaks only after voting on them, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.
Being green is sometimes just being blinded by the color of money.