Posted on 10/11/2011 7:32:33 AM PDT by LewPuller
How did a failing California solar company, buffeted by short sellers and shareholder lawsuits, receive a $1.2 billion federal loan guarantee for a photovoltaic electricity ranch projectthree weeks after it announced it was building new manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Mexico, to build the panels for the project.
The company, SunPower (SPWR-NASDAQ), now carries $820 million in debt, an amount $20 million greater than its market capitalization. If SunPower was a bank, the feds would shut it down. Instead, it received a lifeline twice the size of the money sent down the Solyndra drain.
Two men with insight into the process are SunPower rooter Rep. George R. Miller III, (D.-Calif.), the senior Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee and the co-chairman of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, and his SunPower lobbyist son, George Miller IV.
Miller the Elder is a strong advocate for SunPower, which converted an old Richmond, Calif., Ford plant in his district to a panel-manufacturing facility.
The congressman hosted an Oct. 14, 2010, tour of the plant with company CEO Thomas H. Werner and Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar to promote the companys fortunes.
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Is there a single congressman who doesn’t have a wife, husband, child, brother, or sister who is a lobbyist?
I sincerely doubt it.
Another huge loan to a failing solar company with ties to dems. This is going to be a recurring story in the next few months.
It’s a proven path to wealth and success. Kudos to those smart enough to pull it off.
First the lobbyists. THEN the lawyers.
I think of them like the Wall Street banksters. They’ve figured out the game and play it very well. Nothing wrong with that.
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