Now THAT is financial desperation.
http://www.thelocal.es/20130821/spanish-solar-law-hits-international-headlines
http://www.thelocal.es/20130821/spanish-solar-law-hits-international-headlines
'Let's tax the sun': new law shocks world press
Some homeowners have removed their solar panels rather than face fines of up to €30 million.
Steve Tallantyre -- 21 Aug 2013
... "Spain is now attempting to scale back the use of solar panels – the use of which they have encouraged and subsidized over the last decade – by imposing a tax on those who use the panels."
She added: "You get the feeling that government officials were out of ideas, stared up at the sky one day and thought, 'I’ve got it! We’ll tax the sun!'"
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