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Taxpayer-Backed Electric Car Company Closes U.S. Factory
Free Beacon ^ | April 9, 2014 | Lachlan Markay

Posted on 04/10/2014 8:47:32 AM PDT by Cheerio

Critics of Democrats calling for additional subsidies for electric vehicles are pointing to the financial troubles of one stimulus-backed car producer that just announced it is closing its U.S. plant.

Missouri-based Smith Electric Vehicles said this week that it is suspending operations in the United States due to a “tight cash-flow situation.”

Its financial troubles came despite nearly $30 million in funds from the Department of Energy (DOE) granted to the company through President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus package.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: dems; green
“You’re doing more than just building new vehicles,” Obama said. “You are helping to fight our way through a vicious recession and you are building the economy of America’s future.”


1 posted on 04/10/2014 8:47:32 AM PDT by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio

Is there a list of Obamas “green” failures and how much they’ve cost us?


2 posted on 04/10/2014 8:51:13 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Cheerio

Never should have been opened in the first place.


3 posted on 04/10/2014 8:54:13 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: mulligan
Never should have been opened in the first place.

That's not how this will be portrayed.

We have one success case, Tesla; which will forever prove their point.

4 posted on 04/10/2014 8:59:31 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Cheerio

Just look at the debt , Obama has caused about 7 Trillion of that debt. And he is still creating more Debt.


5 posted on 04/10/2014 9:02:52 AM PDT by chatham
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Just look at the debt , Obama has caused about 7 Trillion of that debt.

While this graph is not a totally relevant chart to your comment, just look at the increase of the slope when this "America DESTROYER" took office in 2009. Enjoy America you put him in office TWICE.

Federal Government; Credit Market Instruments; Liability, Level
6 posted on 04/10/2014 9:23:57 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Cheerio

pickers and choosers


7 posted on 04/10/2014 9:28:33 AM PDT by Nifster
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“nearly $30 million in funds from the Department of Energy (DOE) granted to the company through President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus package.”

Mission accomplished.obama gave them 30 million and they gave him 25 million back.

You must allocate the money before you can steal the money.


8 posted on 04/10/2014 10:02:23 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: Cheerio

I couldn’t print what I’d like to say about the current
“Commander in Chief” and his Pitiful administration.
God help the USA


9 posted on 04/11/2014 12:55:58 PM PDT by chatham
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