Solargate: Despite Solyndra, the administration shovels another billion out the door before the deadline as the lists of politically connected companies feeding at the public trough expands. Seems the sun also corrupts.
Follow the money, it has been said, and you’ll find out all you need to know. Two days before the expiration of the program that funneled $535 million to a failing but donor-connected Solyndra, another billion dollars was rushed to two more solar energy companies. That money could have repaired more than a few crumbling bridges.
You’d think the program would have been suspended until the administration found out what went wrong. Unless, of course, the program was functioning exactly as intended — to spread the wealth around with an emphasis on Democratic Party donors. (IBD)
More solar companies led by Democratic donors received federal loan guarantees
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