Green subsidies: growing corruption

Solyndra is likely just the tip of a hidden moutain of subsidized garbage.“A Soperton, Ga., ethanol plant — founded by major Democratic donor Vinod Khosla — sucked up more than $162 [million] in federal and state subsidies before shutting down without ever producing a drop of ethanol.” Hell, we coulda BOUGHT quite a bit of alcohol for that price. And decent stuff, too, good enough to make us forget Obama is president for a few happy hours.

This post was last modified on January 26, 2021

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  • ...and, no doubt, a mountain that even Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay would not have been able to conquer.