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Tech company headed by former CEO of bankrupt Solyndra to receive $6.6 billion from Biden admin
Just the News ^ | 4/9/24 | By Kevin Killough

Posted on 04/09/2024 5:25:06 PM PDT by CFW

A semiconductor company whose president was head of the now-bankrupt Solyndra solar energy company stands to receive $6.6 billion in funding from the Biden administration.

Under a preliminary agreement, according to CNBC, a subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in Arizona will receive the funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act.

The company’s president is Brian Harrison.

The Washington Free Beacon reported that Harrison was CEO of Solyndra, which in the early 2000s was involved in the manufacturing of solar panels and considered at the forefront of the sustainable energy industry.

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; brianharrison; chipsact; corruption; crookedjoe; fraud; greenenergy; grifter; grifters; grifting; intel; kickbacks; moneylaundering; obama; scammer; solyndra; solyndrascam; taiwan; tsmc; ukraine
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Well, it appears they are recycling the Solyndra scam. How very green of them. This time the taxpayers are providing 6.6 billion dollars.
1 posted on 04/09/2024 5:25:06 PM PDT by CFW
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Doesn’t Congress control the $.. not the executive branch?


2 posted on 04/09/2024 5:32:39 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: HollyB

How 18th Century of you!


3 posted on 04/09/2024 5:39:56 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: CFW

The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law by Biden and passed the Senate 64 to 33 and passed the House 243 to 187.

This is the doing of both parties.


4 posted on 04/09/2024 5:40:08 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: CFW

If the guys involved in the Teapot Dome scandal were around now, they would marvel at the corruption in the BiteMe administration.


5 posted on 04/09/2024 5:49:19 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: CFW

It’s only taxpayer’s money

Democrats need to buy elections

C’mon man!!!


6 posted on 04/09/2024 5:50:18 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: CFW

Another big f’ing deal.


7 posted on 04/09/2024 5:52:06 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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so
much
winning
enough
with
the
winning
please


8 posted on 04/09/2024 5:55:40 PM PDT by xoxox
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You don’t suppose Obama had anything to do with this or that he isn’t laughing at how stupid the American public is, do you?


9 posted on 04/09/2024 5:58:23 PM PDT by econjack
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To: CFW

Grifters gonna grift.


10 posted on 04/09/2024 5:59:34 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:

The loan program took a $528 million loss from Solyndra.[19][20] Additionally, Solyndra received a $25.1 million tax break from California’s Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority.[21]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solyndra


11 posted on 04/09/2024 6:03:27 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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“ The loan program took a $528 million loss from Solyndra.”

So it makes perfect sense to give the guy over $6,000,000,000.00.

There isn’t enough rope in the world for these people.

L


12 posted on 04/09/2024 6:07:26 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Taiwanese national C.C. Wei is the CEO of TSMC

Harrison (who's definitely a lightweight as far as semiconductors are concerned) is the president of TSMC Arizona.

....the Taiwanese probably prefer it this way.
13 posted on 04/09/2024 6:16:30 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: Lurker
"these people"

Generally speaking, "these people" are politically connected Stanford University grads.
14 posted on 04/09/2024 6:45:04 PM PDT by indthkr
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Hey, it worked the first time.


15 posted on 04/09/2024 6:47:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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The Left is one, big grift (and some of the RINO's, too).
16 posted on 04/09/2024 7:06:03 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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I thought a private company was supposed to use private money...how are we involved in this crap.


17 posted on 04/09/2024 7:15:46 PM PDT by Aria
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Déjà vu all over again.


18 posted on 04/09/2024 7:16:00 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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Failing up


19 posted on 04/09/2024 7:28:03 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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2011: Center for Public Integrity: Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison resigns
by Matthew Mosk and Ronnie Greene
The CEO of Solyndra, a California-based solar energy company that received a controversial $535 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration, has resigned.

In papers filed with a bankruptcy court Wednesday, Solyndra said that Brian Harrison had left his post on Friday, Oct. 7, “as contemplated even before these cases were commenced.”...

A week after Solyndra’s bankruptcy filing, Federal agents searched the company’s California headquarters, and visited the homes of Harrison, company founder Chris Gronet and a former executive...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has sought information from Solyndra’s prime investors — including Oklahoma oil billionaire George Kaiser, a bundler of campaign contributions to the president in 2008.
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/solyndra-ceo-brian-harrison-resigns/

more a union favor!

Jan 2024: Construction Dive: TSMC delays $40B Arizona chip factory again
Despite a labor union deal last month, the Taiwanese chip maker highlighted skilled labor shortages and access to government funding as lingering issues.
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/tsmc-deal-arizona-labor-union-chip-factory/704847/


20 posted on 04/09/2024 7:56:48 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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