Quote Originally Posted by Total_Blender View Post
I agree with you that it would be preferable if we could source turbines that are 100% US manufactured, but given the gap between the US and the rest of the world and the high cost of developing the technology at this point it makes sense to use the cheaper foreign units. It still creates American jobs in sustainable energy, and it will serve to foster the demand for American produced equipment once the project gets up and running.
The amount of jobs that this effort will produce in the US is minimal, at best - while sending a large amount of taxpayer dollars overseas that will directly benefit nations in competition with the US companies.
US companies will not produce the equipment here, if they have the option to manufacture the products overseas, yet still get free grants from the taxpayers.

As for US job expansion, how much money do you think will be going to the 200-300 US workers? Assuming that they make an average of $30/hr (yes, I am estimating high), that is $18 million at best staying in our local economy, while sending approximately $450 million to China. Does that seem like an appropriation that is going to benefit the taxpayers? And of that money paid to the workers, how much of that will end up spent on products "made in China"?

Face it, this administration and Congress is giving away the wealth that our forefathers worked for. Neither Republican nor Democrat is more at fault than the other. Both are guilty of not looking our for their constituents.