More Bogus Stimulus "jobs": Obama tries to take credit for Bush-era wind farm jobs (Congress, Schumer)

[sanrene]

All part of Recovery Summer! Now that that has failed miserably, because the jobs numbers don't bear out the rhetoric, obama is trying to steal jobs created during the Bush years.

White House takes credit for Bush-era wind farms - Business - Going Green - msnbc.com

Administration claims 50,000 jobs created, but many projects were completed before funds were handed out

Out of 70 major wind farms that received the $4.4 billion in federal energy grants through the stimulus program, public records show that 11, which received a total of $600 million, erected their wind towers during the Bush administration. And a total of 19 wind farms, which received $1.3 billion, were built before any of the stimulus money was distributed.

Yet all the jobs at these wind farms are counted in the administration's figures for jobs created by the stimulus.

How embarrassing is this? Your own policies have failed spectacularly, so you have to go a filch jobs from your predecessor.

[steve1282]

One more week and this bum of a prez is done. Now we just have to wait till 2012 to finish the job

[sanrene]

Originally Posted by steve1282

One more week and this bum of a prez is done. Now we just have to wait till 2012 to finish the job

He truly is a shameless liar.

[expect]

what if the story had said "stimulus package created 51 wind farms"

what would have been your angle then? lol so 19 out of the 70 werent directly tied to the stimulus. that still leaves the other 51 that were.

there were jobs created there. bunch of sour pusses

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by expect

there were jobs created there. bunch of sour pusses

Yea, in China...

Obama's Stimulus Money Spent Overseas, Jobs in China - ABC News

An investigation by ABC News and the Investigative Reporting Workshop found that 79 percent of the program's money has gone to foreign companies, money that Schumer said was "federal tax dollars, the stimulus, which was sold as jobs in America."

The senators are especially alarmed about a project highlighted by ABC News in West Texas that uses turbines manufactured in China. The Texas wind farm is eligible for up to $450 million in stimulus funds.

[steve1282]

Originally Posted by expect

what if the story had said "stimulus package created 51 wind farms"

what would have been your angle then? lol so 19 out of the 70 werent directly tied to the stimulus. that still leaves the other 51 that were.

there were jobs created there. bunch of sour pusses

Hey expect, expect big losses to ur party next week. LOL

[expect]

that was very clever "steve"
too bad im not a democrat, but keep giggling if it makes u feel good bro.

and here is another random internet link arguing the opposite of the jobs to china claim:
Wind Industry Pushes Back Against Report of Misleading Stimulus Claims « The Washington Independent

which without reading it i assume you'll all claim is another socialist lie scheme communist leninist hussein blah blah blah.

[Avengerfire]

The only "stimulus" Obama succeeded with was stimulating the American people to vote the loser Dems out of office.

[sanrene]

This is just ONE example of why the numbers coming from the administration are bogus and without credibility.

Stealing jobs from his predecessor - does this man have no shame?

[HappyTexan]

Bah..let him claim the numbers. They need to cover up all that lost money somehow.
In the end..does it really matter because those hundreds of billions are gone forever.
We'll be paying that "loan" back for years with nothing to show except several bridges to nowhere and a nice semi-private airport for a Congressman who is no longer with us.