U.S. Gov’t Spent Over $11 Million Per Job Created in Green Energy

Green energy triumph: $11,000,000.00 spent per job created

“Without much fanfare, the Department of Energy (DOE) recently updated the list of loan guarantee projects on its website,” the Institute for Energy Research noticed on Wednesday. ”Unlike in 2008, when Barack Obama pledged to create 5 million jobs over 10 years by directing taxpayer funds toward renewable energy projects, there were no press conferences or stump speeches.”

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Maybe it’s because the IER divided the $26 billion spent on “green jobs” by the Energy Department since 2009, divided it by the 2,298 permanent jobs created, and came up with a cost of $11.45 million per job.

Government continues to prove that it has no business starting ventures and managing money. Give the money management and investment duties back to the people.