Although I recognise the point of this post is to demonize one Rand Paul, did I read in the small print that this is just a effort to NOT RAISE taxes on NG?
This article has nothing to do with Rand and the point is that it uses tax credits(sic) as a social engineering tool to manipulate the market to move the way the government wants. It also provides a blank check for grants for R&D so it is a financial T-Boondogle.
I will defer to others to speak for themselves but I would observe that several of us (most of us) who are severe critics of the Galveston nutcase have taken a rather consistent attitude of wait and see on Rand Paul who, so far, seems verrrry much more rational than his imbecile father. There is little point in blaming the son for the windtunnelness of his idjit father. If Rand continues to be responsible as a leader and legislator he will be a worthy successor to Jim Bunning and deserves our best wishes.