Today I got an email from an acquaintance of mine seeking employment. He informed me that he had just recently been laid off after the solar plant he had worked for decided to move its entire operation to China.
What is happening to our Country! First it was BP Solar located in Frederick, Maryland deciding to move their factory to Spain, and now another, Evergreen Solar - a corner post industry in Massachusetts - has now decided to move their entire operation to China.
Evergreen is sited as saying;
'There is much higher government support available in China.'
Read On
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/business/energy-environment/15solar.html
If I'm not mistaken - I believe that the recently completed solar park at UMES is constructed with Evergreen modules. Their benchmark and sales pitch had always been that they were 'Made in America'
This is very alarming news.
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What's alarming is that there is even a solar industry in this country at all. The only reason this industry exists is because of heavy government subsidies, both direct and indirect. It would be better for all of us if these companies moved to China and let the government there subsidize them. If these companies remain here all they do is end up being a drain on the taxpayer.
Dear Wicomico Dems,
My butler has been reading the newespaper to me this morning. I notice that like BP Solar another green jobs/Enviromentally friendly company that was started, grown and subsidized by out tax dollars is moving overseas.
As a state and a country we have to put this in perspective. These companies, like GE and so many others that are keeping Democrats like me in power must be able to make a profit. It's just business. As a matter of fact, none of you should be worried about these jobs leaving. I am going to sign a bill this week that will give you even more money. Don't worry about the future, it's just important to keep electing democrats in this state! OK? Especially Democrats like Rick Pollitt. He is a key to keeping me in power. How? It's simple, I funnel orders to him that reward my contractor friends, then they give me even more money that I in turn give back to him. He then rewards his cronies at the BOE and we then make sure that all of you hardcore Democratic activists and government flunkies get even more raises and benefits.
So please remember that Republicans are responsible for this offshoring, not us, the Democrats. The rich can afford giving us even more of their private sector cash and after all the rich are all greedy and don't care about the planet, or the bay. Remember, Democrats are trying to create jobs in the US. This really is all Bush's fault and, what was that losers name? Ehrlich? Yeah, it was his fault too. You private sector people have to get smart and get a job working IN the government? What, you say you are white? Oh well, too bad, apply for some stimulus money then. Anyway, sure, we are still losing jobs and suffering from inflation, but it's all at the hands of the Republicans, who are racists.
So thank you for all your hard work, and remember, we MUST keep anything Christian OUT of the Government!
Remember to reelect Jim Ireton, and all of the rest of the liberal Democrats like Terry Cohen, and Laura Mitchell, and Rich Pollitt. And be especially thankful to the folks at the Daily Times, who are my most ardent apologists.
BTW- Third friday is going to save your downtown too! Great job!
too many regulations and outrageous taxes = no jobs.
Just goes to prove a point that our Country is in one heck of a mess.
All I can remember when I was a student at SU was our economics professor touting how the Chinese Communist were anti-business.
Well I've got news for the bum of a professor - you would have been better off just taking the economics books out into the SU Courtyard and burned them. Everything I was taught at SU has absolutely backfired in reality.
So much for the gold plated US education.
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