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Solyndra workers leave Solyndra in Fremont, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. The solar-panel manufacturer that received a $535 million loan from the U.S. government has announced layoffs of 1,100 workers and plans to file for bankruptcy. President Obamaspoke at Solyndra about the bright future of Solyndra.
1 posted on 09/06/2011 4:15:00 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Will they sue the US?


2 posted on 09/06/2011 4:18:22 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Democrats are violent. Prisons are overflowing with democrats convicted of violent crimes.)
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To: SmithL

The lawyers always get paid first.


3 posted on 09/06/2011 4:24:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SmithL

“A $69 million loan this spring from the company’s private investors will be repaid before taxpayers get their money back, according to a creditors’ agreement cited in the bankruptcy filing. “

Who the hell agreed to this? Private investors should be the FIRST wiped out, well before losses to the taxpayer are put into play.


4 posted on 09/06/2011 4:28:51 PM PDT by icanhasbailout
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To: SmithL

Welcome to the new economy. Government shells out lots of money for flim-flam, “green jobs” and in return gets nada, except for a lot of red in the national balance sheet.


5 posted on 09/06/2011 4:29:58 PM PDT by 3Fingas ( Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: SmithL

Guess they just want their turn at the taxpayer teat.


6 posted on 09/06/2011 4:31:06 PM PDT by glennaro
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To: SmithL
Lawyers, "green activists", Democrats, solar panels, Chinese competition, San Francisco, taxpayer Billions "invested", and Obama.

What could go wrong?

8 posted on 09/06/2011 4:33:10 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SmithL
"It wasn't just a job, you know?"

Green energy -- it's not just a job, it's a government entitlement!

9 posted on 09/06/2011 4:34:25 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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To: SmithL

I wonder how much the CEO walked away with.


10 posted on 09/06/2011 4:35:06 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: SmithL

The only outcome of their suing will be the collection of unemployment checks.... =.=


19 posted on 09/06/2011 4:46:00 PM PDT by cranked
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To: SmithL

WHO got the almost HALF a BILLION DOLLARS of OUR MONEY????? The OWNERS or the WORKERS??


20 posted on 09/06/2011 4:46:20 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SmithL

A guy came into my shop back in the early 90’s. He was driving VW Rabbit and had a couple of solar panels tucked under his arm. He wanted us to fabricate some brackets to mount the panels on the roof of his car.

He said he was going to put an electric motor in the car and a bunch of batteries and it would run for free.

I did some figuring and told him what it would cost. So then he says, “Oh, I thought I could just cut you in on the profits”.

I laughed in his face.

I guess people like him are getting government money now.


22 posted on 09/06/2011 4:49:12 PM PDT by keat
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To: SmithL

Why don’t they sue Obama and Algore? They’re the ones that lied to them.


29 posted on 09/06/2011 5:02:42 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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32 posted on 09/06/2011 5:07:54 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: SmithL

This is nothing compared to how I’ve seen 8(a) government contractors rip off the government. The big ones aren’t much better but the 8(a)’s are less subtle, usually because the owners aren’t as smart. That was Solyndra’s mistake. They could have had an RFP custom-made for them, get the award, and stay in “business” forever producing nothing.


38 posted on 09/06/2011 5:22:34 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: SmithL

39 posted on 09/06/2011 5:35:37 PM PDT by opentalk
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DU is treating this like it’s no big deal.

“no notice to the employees sucks but I guess the $$$ is gone...”

I said:
It sounds like a piss-poor investment, a waste of tax payer money, and someone needs to have hearings on it. That’s a hell of a lot of money for nothing.
If this happened at a private company, that person would have been fired within an hour, and would probably be looking at criminal charges.

Can’t wait to see what the reply to that would be.
Who now has more than half a billion dollars of taxpayer money?


40 posted on 09/06/2011 5:49:33 PM PDT by christx30
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To: SmithL

ROTFLMAO!!!!

Whut a frickin’ scam...


43 posted on 09/06/2011 6:20:03 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: SmithL

Excuse my French, but how the FECK can you get an injection of $500+ million bucks from WE THE PEOPLE and be BANKRUPT in less than 2 years?

Arrgghhhh! I. Give. Up.


45 posted on 09/06/2011 7:33:22 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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