Free Republic

Leave it to the left to turn something as sensible as insulating your house into a big-government organized-labor boondoggle. Dismal reports from Spain and other European countries about investing public funds in solar and wind power manufacturing seem to have shifted attention lately toward the humble goal of "weatherization" -- making our buildings more efficient by replacing windows, installing insulation and caulking up leaks, and by "retrofitting" -- buying new efficient furnaces and appliances for the deserving disadvantaged. President Obama's proposed $6 billion program known as HOMESTAR, a.k.a. Cash for Caulkers, is only one of many energy efficiency initiatives taking...

Here is video from "Cashin In" where they discussed President Obama's "Cash for Caulkers" plan to ask for over $20 Billion to make America's homes more "Green" - weather efficient. They talked about how the plan has worked so far in Texas, where the Dallas Morning News has reported that $1.8 million has been spent to weatherize just 7 homes! Everyone on the panel, except for the Democrat Strategist, agreed that this is a perfect example of the inefficiency of big "boondoggle" Government programs. In fact, one panel member pointed out that the Obama Administration's whole approach to Government and...

When federal inspectors visited Illinois recently to see how the state was using $242 million in stimulus money for weatherizing homes, they were troubled by what they found. A weatherization contractor had done slipshod work, installing a furnace that leaked gas in one home, they said, and the local agency overseeing the work had failed to detect the leak. The state was not inspecting the work of all the agencies administering the work, and the federal government was not making required site visits. In short, both the state and federal oversight of the program fell short, they found. The Department...