Want to know where your stimulus dollars are going?

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
edited October 2009 in The Clubhouse
I used to think this was unbelievable, now I just think it's criminal and folks need to go to jail .

http://www.examiner.com/x-8817-Pittsburgh-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m9d29-WEEKLY-OUTRAGE-Stimulus-package-bails-out-Al-Gore-and-his-luxury-car-companies
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    Ok... knowing the background on Fisker.... i think that's one of the LAST places stimulus money needed to go. Brilliant.
    I don't read the newsssspaperssss because dey aaaallllllllll...... have ugly print.

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited October 2009
    would have been beter spent to help facilitate the deal between gm/saturn and the penske group IMHO... did you get to the part about Al and his zinc mines? LOL...
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  • concealer404
    concealer404 Posts: 7,440
    edited October 2009
    Honestly i just got the parts where the article stated that Fisker and Tesla got money, and i vomited uncontrollably all over my desk. I decided i should stay away from the rest of it before the company billed me for my amazing Dell computer. :)
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,447
    edited October 2009
    The short is Al bought Zinc mines right before they effected a ban on harvesting Douglas Fir trees. This happened to make steel framing cheaper than traditional wood framing. Zinc is used to make steel framing, and Al and his cronies made a fortune. Zinc mining is also damaging to the environment. For him, it's not save the Planet, it's save the planet for me.
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