Obama Awards Nearly $2 Billion For Solar Power

crimeandpunishment writes "President Obama says it's time to heat up solar power, and he's willing to spend a big chunk of federal money to do it. Saturday the president announced the government is giving nearly $2 billion to companies that are building new solar plants in Arizona, Colorado, and Indiana. The president says this will create thousands of jobs and increase our use of renewable energy."

Re:Last time I checked...

[Anonymous Coward]

Has anything changed, or is the government still being stupid with our money?

What do you mean "our money"? It's the government's money! Now STFU you right-wing, racist, Fox News watching, Glenn Beck worshiping fascist!

Re:Is that a lot? I'm not sure.

[Anne_Nonymous]

>> unless the the Sun turns off

I'm pretty sure this would be covered under a sunset clause in the loan documentation.

Re:Can somebody say

[LynnwoodRooster]

It's folksy economic "wisdom" like that may yet lead us back into recession. Until jobs come back, we can either pay people to build things with long-term value, or we can pay them to sit at home.

p. Or how about we don't pay people to sit at home? Take the money spent on UI and "sit-at-home" spending and just eliminate corporate taxes. They bring in less than $130 billion. Eliminate taxation from companies and you'll see business creating those jobs that VP Biden's told us are gone forever (all 8 million of them).

Re:Can somebody say

[WCguru42]

if fusion ever (and it will!) pays off.

20 years, right?

Re:Can somebody say

[misexistentialist]

A US invasion of the USA would not only reduce the unemployment rate directly, but if televised would make a popular reality TV program. It could be bigger than the World Cup, and afterward the USA would have both sympathy (for losing) and support (for winning) of all the world's nations!