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President Obama Announces $4 Billion Investment to Make Buildings More Energy Efficient
The White House ^
| December 02, 2011
| Megan Slack
Posted on 12/02/2011 12:41:29 PM PST by mdittmar
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Damn, $4 Billion,Guess we aren't $15 trillion in debt.
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:41:33 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
More seed moeny for kickbacks.
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:43:01 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: mdittmar
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to ship bunches of ‘rats to Cuba and Venezuela and abandon the buildings?
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:43:46 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: mdittmar
90% will end up in pockets and we will never be told where it all goes.
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:44:24 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: mdittmar
Boy, what part of “we are broke” does this guy not understand!
To: mdittmar
and Randi Weingarten -- the president of the American Federation of Teachers. Hmmm, why was this person there?
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:47:02 PM PST
by
Gerish
(Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.)
To: circlecity
Boy, what part of we are broke does this guy not understand!
But, but aren’t those shovel ready jobs he promised? s/
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:47:19 PM PST
by
Bitsy
To: mdittmar
The sooner Obama becomes unemployed the better our country will be.
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:50:42 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: mdittmar
The low-hanging fruit (in the energy-efficiency orchard) has already been picked. Nevertheless, there is still plenty of room for improvement. Unlike such “green energy” boondoggles as wind farms, and solar power; there are already mature technologies available to make buildings more energy efficient. If this is done well (no guarantees there, of course), there could be an economic and financial pay back.
That does leave one question — if improving buildings’ energy efficiency is such a good deal, why aren't the owners already doing it? Why should taxpayers subsidize building owners for improving their buildings? Why should taxpayers, who already own efficient buildings pay to improve other peoples’ buildings?
To: Gerish
Cause,children can’t learn until Solar Panels are on the roof.
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:52:25 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
I’m filing this under “As Long As We’re Driving Downhill, We Don’t Need Any Gas”
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:52:39 PM PST
by
Psycho_Bunny
(Public employee unions are the barbarian hordes of our time.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
The question is always:
Should I put 'er in neutral and coast as fur as I kin?
Or should I leave 'er in gear and use no fuel due to decel fuel shutoff?
'course turning 'er off and coasting is good too.
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posted on
12/02/2011 12:57:30 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: mdittmar
Isn’t all spending supposed to originate in the House? Where are our reps’ oversight? Where are house bills written to stop this “can’t wait” spending of his? What’s going on?
To: mdittmar
Making our buildings more energy efficient is one of the fastest, easiest, and cheapest ways for us to create jobs, save money, and cut down on harmful pollution Sorry Bambi, this is complete BS. More energy efficient buildings are ALWAYS more expensive. I work in the industry and when it comes time to cut costs, get what gets cut first. Yep, the expensive energy "efficient" items.
I won't even go into Green (LEED) buildings. FUBO.
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:04:15 PM PST
by
Envisioning
( Call me a racist................, one more time......................)
To: BenLurkin
For a couple of $Mil I’ll make my house as energy efficient as he wants
How is he going to ‘pay for’ this?
4 billion is a hell of a slush fund for his election contributors
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:04:44 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
To: mdittmar
Oh great. More government money laundered into his campaign and personal accounts.
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:07:21 PM PST
by
crosshairs
(Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
To: maranatha
has congress already appropriated money for this?
how can they when they have not made a budget in 2 years
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:08:06 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
To: mdittmar
If “ - - - Obama directed all Federal agencies to make at least $2 billion worth of energy efficiency upgrades over the next two months,- - - “ then does the US House of Representatives have ANY “control of the pursestrings?”
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:09:40 PM PST
by
Graewoulf
( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
To: mdittmar
= $4 billion giveaway to unionized building trades to get out the vote next November
To: mdittmar
Ah, the advantages of incumbency...
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posted on
12/02/2011 1:24:20 PM PST
by
ScottinVA
(I miss America.)
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