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Search results for "We the taxpayers are going to pay companies 900 million to NOT build wind power"

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Fact-checks (25963)

Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice-presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration spent taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland (and) windmills in China.
By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 21, 2012 in a mailer to voters:
Says Obama sent $450 million to China to build a wind farm in Texas.
By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2012
Americans For Tax Reform stated on September 28, 2012 in a mailer to voters:
The Obama administration’s "green" stimulus program "funneled close to $2 billion dollars to overseas firms," creating thousands of jobs in China.
By Jon Greenberg• October 1, 2012
Republican National Committee stated on July 07, 2009 in a GOP survey:
The Obama administration offered "$900 million to Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, to rebuild Gaza."
By Robert Farley• July 14, 2009
Mitt Romney stated on July 18, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Stimulus dollars paid for "windmills from China."
By Jon Greenberg• July 23, 2012
Allen West stated on February 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Since 2006 Texas has given $19B in taxpayer subsidies to wind energy companies. Over the past 2-3 years Texas has tripled our dependence on wind energy to 23-25 percent of our energy distribution system."
By Taylor Goldenstein• March 26, 2021
Lisa Blais stated on May 21, 2012 in a radio interview:
"We came out against Deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 3, 2012
Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:
“Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.”
By Brandon Mulder• February 26, 2021
Mitt Romney stated on July 10, 2012 in a town hall in Grand Junction, Colo.:
The Obama administration "has been outsourcing" by sending money to "solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the United States."
By Jon Greenberg• July 20, 2012
Elijah Cummings stated on March 16, 2009 in in a TV interview:
AIG "said they were giving $57 million (in retention payments) to people who were being terminated."
By Robert Farley• March 18, 2009
Steven King stated on January 05, 2014 in a TV interview:
"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.
By John Hill• January 22, 2014
Sarah Palin stated on February 17, 2010 in a Facebook post:
"We were promised (the stimulus) would provide 'green jobs' for Americans, but 80% of the $2 billion they spent on alternative energy went to purchase wind turbines built in China!"
By Catharine Richert• February 23, 2010
Deepwater Wind stated on December 12, 2012 in a Tweet:
"Did U know? Block Island Wind Farm would mean 40% est. drop in BI electric rates."
By John Hill• December 29, 2012
David Plouffe stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
The loan guarantee program that helped Solyndra "was a program that was supported by President Bush."
By Becky Bowers• November 17, 2011
Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing:
The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 29, 2021
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015
Shelley Moore Capito stated on July 29, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "
By Steve Contorno• August 7, 2014
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Ford agreed to invest $900 million at an Ohio plant because Donald Trump “lowered taxes” and is now moving the project to Mexico because Joe Biden is “increasing taxes.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 6, 2021
Austin Scott stated on October 05, 2010 in a TV campaign commercial:
Said U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall, D-Macon, sent nearly $2 billion overseas to build wind turbines and create jobs, mostly in China
By Willoughby Mariano• October 19, 2010
David Perdue stated on March 01, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily":
"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2017

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By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2021

TV ad claims stimulus ships tax dollars overseas

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

Line by line: How an ad uses sleight-of-hand to distort facts on stimulus

By Becky Bowers• May 4, 2012

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Perry and White twirl with the Texas Truth-O-Meter

By W. Gardner Selby• November 1, 2010

Oil companies talk about low-carbon projects. How much do they spend on them?

By Jon Greenberg• November 8, 2021

Joe Biden’s climate change plan, explained

By Sophie Austin• August 3, 2020

Natural gas, not wind turbines, main driver of Texas power shortage

By Jon Greenberg• February 16, 2021

Kept, Broken and Compromise: Rating 3 Scott Walker promises

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Lamar Alexander's wind claim: Is it for the birds?

By Michael Collins• March 9, 2012

Does the All Aboard Florida rail project get taxpayer funding?

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Twisting the truth on windmills, pensions and prostitutes

By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2012

Show the green: States ranking high in renewable energy jobs gave generous incentives

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Fact-checking the 2015 State of the Union and GOP Response

By Bill Adair, Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno, Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• January 19, 2015

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