Obama promised that special interests would not steer stimulus funds, but he relied on the investors to help guide stimulus decisions.
The Washington Post reports:
… But e-mails released in a congressional probe of Obama’s clean-tech program show that staff and advisers with links to venture firms informally advocated for some of those companies…
Check out the WashPost’s prior assaults on Obama’s green subsidies:
- WashPost on EVs: Overcharged
- WashPost: Politics powered decisions on Solyndra
- WashPost: Obama $5 billion investment in EVs sputters
- WashPost: Stop subsidizing clean energy
- WashPost: Before Solyndra, a long history of failed government energy projects
- WashPost dumps on subsidized electric cars again
- Shocker: WashPost trashes green jobs