“The federal government doesn’t need to pick winners and losers,” Perry answered. “Rather, the federal government needs to get rid of all of these onerous regulations that are costing you substantial amounts of money. They need to level the playing field for everyone.”
Perry:
“The oil and gas industry will be asked the same thing. Would you rather have the subsidies, incentives, whatever you want to call them or would you rather have a government that actually removed the regulations?
“Think about what the EPA costs you every day in this country. What it costs John Deere. What it costs every manufacturing plant.
“Would you rather have those removed or would you rather have the government say, ‘We’re going to give this industry this tax credit and this industry that tax credit.’ That’s the federal government picking winners and losers.
“… I’m for removing onerous regulations at the federal government level, and then getting out there and competing. Let me tell you, there’s not anybody that can beat you in what you do. They can’t.”