By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Battery maker A123 Systems vowed thousands of new jobs when it received a nearly quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant in late 2009, but federal job-tracking figures show only a few hundred positions were created before the company joined a growing list of federally backed energy businesses that ended in bankruptcy.
Leaked documents from a prominent conservative think tank show how it sought to teach schoolchildren skepticism about global warming and planned other behind-the-scenes tactics using millions of dollars in donations from big corporate names.
"Recovery.gov reflects a small portion of the total employees working on our projects — serving as a quarterly snapshot of only those workers paid directly with Energy Department funds," department spokeswoman Jen Stutsman wrote in an email.
Quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant creates just 400 jobs →
"A123's manufacturing facilities are employing hundreds of workers on site in Michigan — plus workers up and down the supply chain — building advanced batteries here in the U.S."
Quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant creates just 400 jobs →
