{"id":16157,"date":"2012-10-31T12:49:30","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T16:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16157"},"modified":"2012-10-31T12:49:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T16:49:30","slug":"would-you-trust-these-people-with-your-investment-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=16157","title":{"rendered":"Would You Trust These People With Your Investment Portfolio ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about the investments<\/a> the Obama Administration<\/a> has made in alternative energy companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Romney campaign later clarified that he was talking about the DOE\u2019s 1705 loan<\/a> program which doled out $16.1 billion to green energy<\/a> companies, according<\/a>to the Washington Post<\/a>. Of the 33 companies that received 1705 loan guarantees<\/a>, only three have declared bankruptcy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

The blog<\/a> Green Corruption\u2019s \u201cObama green-energy failure\u201d list contains 23 bankrupt<\/a> and 27 troubled green energy companies which were backed by the federal government. This list uses data compiled by the Heritage Foundation<\/a>, but also includes some things the conservative think tank doesn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the Heritage Foundation, $80 billion was set aside in the 2009 stimulus package<\/a> for clean energy loans, grants, and tax credits, and 10 percent of these funds<\/a> have gone to companies that have filed for bankruptcy or are in dire straits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I have said before, I believe there will come a day when green energy makes sense. I also believe that day will come after the free market has culled out the technologies that do not work and the technologies that do work have naturally risen to the top of the pile. Government subsidies interfere with that process and actually slow down the successful development of green energy–not to mention the amount of money the government has lost in picking winners and losers (mostly losers).<\/p>\n

As taxpayers, we have the right to invest our money where we chose to invest it. There is nothing in the Constitution that gives the government the right to make investments in green energy for us.<\/p>\n

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