Erika Johnsen

And the hits just keep on coming! Why isn't the Left more ticked off about these government-backed green energy projects? When corporate executives award themselves high incomes, derived from the profits they earn by providing a product/service that people actually want to buy in the private sector, it's a heinous crime; but when the execs of ailing, taxpayer subsidized, renewable energy companies take a little off the top, there's no outcry? Does their hypocrisy know no bounds? Via Beltway Confidential:




The Department of Energy gave the battery company $249.1 million in grant money, while the Michigan government provided A123 with another $141 million in tax credits and subsidies, according to the Mackinac Center.

Both Fisker and A123 have been operating at losses and laying off workers, and their loan guarantees are finally coming under review -- might they have to start contending with that pesky free market instead of living like parasites off of government favoritism? There, but for the grace of government subsidies, go I...

Erika Johnsen
