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The Obama Administration sold its $787 billion stimulus plan on the basis of improving the economy through investing in green energy and by doing so, increasing employment in the United States. But what is actually happening, particularly with wind and solar projects, is that the majority of the manufactured components are being built offshore in either Asia or Europe, resulting in foreign countries capturing a good deal of our stimulus funds and finding a lucrative haven for their products in the United States.
If this doesn't make Americans mad as Hell, then we (as a nation) deserve everything that we get. I cannot believe this is being allowed to happen, that there are not hoards of people marching on Washington screaming "Hell No! We won't SOW - money into other countries!!!" We are the only nation on the face of the planet who is stupid enough to knowingly and joyfully contributing to our own demise. When is the wake-up call coming?
For about 40 years people were yelling about offshoring and were told to shut up.
Reap what you sow. People want cheap..they got cheap. It just can't be made here in the USA anymore.
Your so very right. Everything you buy today, says either made in China, India, or pakistan. Furniture, is so not made like it use to be. Almost all furniture is made overseas, and the quality, not that great. People did get their cheap.
The Chinese are laughing their asses off, they'll be building windmills and solar panels using energy from coal and shipping them over here. Paid for by your tax dollars and raising electric rates for both you and manufacturers here.
Your are most likely right. I bet the Chinese are laughing their heads off at us, for more then one rason. And yes paid by our hard earn tax dollars.
While on the topic that's not because they suddenly became cheaper to make, it's because countries like Spain slashed subsidies and stopped buying them.
Yeah, after their short sighted policies about bankrupted the nation.
The Obama Administration sold its $787 billion stimulus plan on the basis of improving the economy through investing in green energy and by doing so, increasing employment in the United States.
CD is a pretty smart group of people from all around the nation and and I have to think not a single person on CD is so mentally retarded that they believed him.
Who knew??? Before he took office? Obama was elected because Americans wanted CHANGE. We are sick and tired - quite literally fed up - with politics as usual. But, I say NOTHING is going to change until people get MAD and march on Washington, DC again. We all need to get mad enough that we VOTE. A pathetically small percentage of the population even exercise that right (no, priviledge) anymore.
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