Feds use stimulus cash to buy Chinese solar panels

Government officials blame unfair competition from China for the collapse of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra, but such concerns didn’t stop the federal government from breaking stimulus program rules to use Chinese solar panels atop a federal building housing the offices of a senator, congressman and several agencies.

Even the contractor questioned whether Chinese-made panels could be used under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the stimulus program that mandated use of U.S.-made products. His query in early 2010 was dismissed and the General Services Administration moved forward with using the Chinese panels on the Sen. Paul Simon Federal Building in Carbondale, Ill., records show.

Questions about the panels, which were assembled overseas, were raised in a four-page advisory memo sent by the inspector general to the GSA in the summer of 2011, but the findings take on added significance as government officials increasingly place blame on Chinese subsidies for troubles in the U.S. solar market.

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"a portion of the project involving stimulus funding for the panels at issue involved about $200,000."

Get right on that, would you?

So even when there are rules there are no rules? I bet you score 50 under par every time you break out the duffing sticks.

Nope. And I know you are not that naive. But for the sake of others reading this (and this applies to almost everything in life): Even when there are rules, they are broken either by design or mistake.

I guess that is true when your morals have been corrupted, when you don't believe in accountability, and when you have to be the victim because it's impossible that you could possibly be the cause of your own downfall. If you really think the Gubment is responsible for ensuring that you have a job, a home, and an education then you need to check out the remaining Socialist and Communist countries that agree with you.