Sen. Reid and Obama donors back company seeking $450 million in U.S. money
WASHINGTON — Top Democratic fundraisers and lobbyists with links to the White House are behind a proposed wind farm in Texas that stands to get $450 million in stimulus money, even though a Chinese company would operate the farm and its turbines would be built in China.
The farm’s backers also have close ties with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who, at the height of his hard-fought re-election bid this fall, helped blunt congressional criticism over stimulus dollars possibly going to create jobs in China by endorsing a proposal by the Chinese company to build a factory in his home state. Although his campaign received thousands of dollars in donations from the wind farm’s backers and Reid stood on stage with them at a campaign event they hosted, his office declined to answer any questions about the wind farm’s organizers or their plans for Nevada.
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3 comments:
The real sad story is the fact that we don't have enough companies here in the US producing these turbines. Many wind farm operations are relying on chinese parts/equipment just like everyday americans are scooping up chinese items left and right in Walmart.
The international business people of America have created the Chinese wealth. They have done so at the expense of regular American citizens.
11:16, ah but thats the capitalist spirit that conservatives espouse. One minute, big business is the American way. The next we see that big business doesn't give a hoot about American people, American soveriegnty, or America's prosperity.....unless there is money to be made.
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