WHAT– Stimulus Funds Would Go to China?
Posted by SCapozzola on November 6th, 2009
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) has got it right.
In a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Sen. Schumer said the Obama administration should bar a $1.5 billion wind-farm project in Texas from receiving U.S. government stimulus funds because most of the power turbines would be made in China.
In a draft of the letter, Schumer noted:
The idea that stimulus funds would be used to create jobs overseas is quite troubling. I urge you to reject any request for stimulus money unless the high-value components, including the wind turbines, are manufactured in the United States.
Earlier this week, AAM Executive Director Scott Paul submitted a similar letter to the Obama Administration, urging that clean energy projects paid for with stimulus funds be given to U.S. firms. His letter also referenced a Texas wind farm that would be built with Chinese-made turbines.
Bottom line: aggressive steps are needed to ensure that clean energy jobs are created here in the U.S. The latest jobs report notes that the U.S. lost another 61,000 manufacturing jobs last month. It makes no sense for stimulus funds to create jobs overseas at a time of significant recession.
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February 15th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
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I am still in shock over China receiving US stimulas for turbine manufacturing that future Americans will be paying dearly for. How, and again I ask how, could this be true? So they returned some crumbs. A Texas plant to employ far less than China’s workers. Can’t congress ever get it right, don’t they hear what American people are saying? JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. If the constitution has a”loop hole,” Remove everyone in Congress now! An alternate congress ready to step in may be a solution.
China is building their 12th high speed train. And us? A few of the same style trains, not one high speed to connect even the east and west coast. More crumbs. China manufactures everything Americans consume, all junk - all from personal knowledge. And they must be laughing their heads off at the position they have us in. I was for the health plan (whenever it is done), but not now. I know they will get it wrong too. And my vote does not count. I WILL NEVER VOTE AGAIN. This is the worst debacle to come out of Washington’s stimulas revival yet. Why isn’t the media doing more reporting on this disastrous situation? Where can I go to make myself heard that will change anything? Nowhere.
February 18th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
[...] A made-in-China Texas windfarm project last year was slated for federal assistance. Fortunately, a public outcry and outrage from Congress will likely ensure that more of its wind energy components are [...]
March 4th, 2010 at 11:46 am
[...] Schumer first raised this issue with the Administration more than four months ago after the announcement of a made-in-China Texas windfarm seeking federal assistance–but the response he received was completely inadequate. The Senators are not seeking to [...]
March 4th, 2010 at 7:39 pm
[...] first raised this issue with the administration more than four months ago after the announcement of a made-in-China Texas windfarm seeking federal assistance–but the response he received was completely inadequate. The senators are not seeking to [...]
March 19th, 2010 at 10:18 am
The Progressives on both sides of the aisle have been pushing the country in a socialist direction for years. Their biggest hurdle has been the Middle-Class, which has been supported by abundant manufacturing jobs. With the manufacturing jobs gone, the Middle-Class goes away and the Progressives can proceed, unimpeded, to create their big government Utopia. We are on “The Road to Serfdom.
Of course, they will talk about saving our jobs, but it’s too little, too late.
Still, I applaud the few who are making a sincere effort to slow this down.
April 22nd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
[...] in the creation of manufacturing jobs in China and elsewhere. A prime example is the recent Texas windfarm story, where $450 million in taxpayer subsidies would go to a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer. In fact, [...]
April 23rd, 2010 at 9:07 pm
[...] in the creation of manufacturing jobs in China and elsewhere. A prime example is the recent Texas windfarm story, where $450 million in taxpayer subsidies would go to a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer. In fact, [...]