Tag: Green Jobs

"We need a revolutionary communist party in order to lead the struggle, give coherence and direction to the fight, seize power and build the new society." - Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism

What was once just malcontents on the outside is now an infestation inside government.
Top down, bottom up - crush The Middle.

Struggling battery maker A123 Systems Inc. - with nearly 800 employees in Michigan - said it reached a deal with a Chinese auto parts company for an investment of up to $450 million that could keep the company in business - and will likely see the Chinese firm acquire a majority stake in the battery maker.

Waltham, Mass.-based A123 reached a deal with Wanxiang Group Corp. that will allow the Chinese firm to acquire an 80 percent stake in A123.

A123 has won about $500 million in grants and other support from state and federal governments - including $238 million from the state of Michigan and a $249 million Energy Department grant as in August 2009 as part of the $800 billion stimulus.

A123 in April received a two-year extension on its deadline to spend the rest of the $249 million grant.

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Frilliant!  Good thing them A123 Execs got their cut for failure first.  And, thanks, Lansing!  What DC doesn't steal for China, you do.

The Lansing Democrat unveiled the Charging America Forward Act -- a bill that would authorize the U.S. Energy Department to award another $2 billion in grants "for the manufacturing of advanced batteries and components, and provide facility funding awards" for vehicle batteries, hybrid electrical systems and components.

The bill would include a provision to make it easier for electric vehicle owners to quickly use a government tax incentive.

Granholm served as a guest op-ed writer for the national news site POLITICO. Saying the nation needs a "moon shot" jobs strategy to create 3 million new jobs, she used as an example Michigan government's recent bet that the lithium-ion battery industry should be cultivated with special treatment and favors from state government.

Granholm wrote: "If the states are the laboratories of democracy, Washington can take a lesson from what is happening in Michigan."

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny...  shut up.  Just fade away, explode, dissolve in the sunlight, etc.. Whatever it takes to get your vampire's touch off this state, but please just shut up, and do not try to peddle your failure to the rest of the country any longer.  

You talk of learning from what is happening?  How can you even say that, when you have learned nothing?  Even a stupid animal eventually knows that its paws get burned if it touches fire.