Posted on 07/07/2014 7:05:57 AM PDT by rktman
There is an intentional tension in Washington. Our founding fathers planned that opposing views would balance each other outa push-pull takes place. Spend. Dont spend.
This tug-of-war is seen, perhaps most obviously, in the so-called renewable energy field. After Solyndra, and the more than fifty other stimulus-funded green energy projects that have failed or are circling the drain, the public has grown weary, and wary, of any more spending on green energy. The money isnt there to spend and the motive behind the 2009 rush to push billions of taxpayer dollars out through the Department of Energy has been tainted by corruption and illegal activity.
The green-energy emphasis was sold as a job creator for unemployed Americans, as a cure for global warming, and a way to slow a perceived energy shortage. It sounded so positive in the many speeches President Obama gave as a sales pitch to the American public.
Today, Americans know better.
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More taxpayer dollars for “green” energy? I wonder which campaign donor hasn’t been paid off yet.
Maybe steyer or musk are still looking for some more money making opportunities.
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