President Obama’s cabinet made its way across the country today pushing his new economic plan.

That plan calls for billions more in stimulus dollars for green energy projects.

Some of those projects have been spectacular failures like Solyndra.

Republicans in Congress are still trying to get to the bottom of that mess... continue reading »

Imagine a future in which you could commute to work at 200 miles per hour, walk steps to public transportation and end up blocks from your office door. Don't like high-speed rail? Jump into your electric car.

Don't worry about your home heating bill - you're off the grid thanks to solar panels you financed with tax credits.

Oh, what a world!... continue reading »

Long about now you may be feeling a little sympathy for executives at Solyndra - the solar panel maker that went belly up taking half a billion in taxpayer-backed loans with it... continue reading »

Today I'm writing about these three words: created, saved and supported.

These are the words the Obama administration has used when talking about the number one issue in the country right now: jobs.

And there's also an evolution in how and why they are using them... continue reading »

You've heard me talk about the ridiculous loan guarantee program at the Department of Energy before - and goodness knows if ever there was a waste of taxpayer money it was the half a billion dollars we gave to a solar power company called Solyndra that then went belly up.

But wait: It gets worse.

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The trouble with government handouts is that once you get hooked on the free money - it's really hard to give it up.

And it doesn't matter what kind of entitlement you're getting -- just this week, for example, we learned that the executives at Solyndra applied for a second government grant after wasting half a billion dollars in federal loans.

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You remember the California solar-panel company Solyndra - given half a billion dollars in taxpayer money at the request of the Obama Administration. Now that company - a poster-child for green technology - has gone bankrupt. The administration, as you know, is under fire for giving them our money. You'd think they'd their lesson?... continue reading »