Lion Electric, the New Solyndra

[Steve R.]

Top Biden EV Bus Maker Nears Bankruptcy, Leaving School Districts and Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars in Limbo

The Biden administration awarded Canadian electric bus company Lion Electric nearly $160 million to manufacture hundreds of battery-powered buses for school districts nationwide as part of its sweeping climate agenda. In recent weeks, Lion has initiated bankruptcy proceedings, laid off all...

freebeacon.com

The situation puts a renewed spotlight on the Biden administration's behemoth climate programs, raising questions about whether the recipients of billions of dollars in green spending were properly vetted—or whether federal officials looked the other way when doling out funds to Lion, which had financially struggled for years.

A Wikipedia summary of the Solyndra scandal.

The USAID scandal has also raised the question of grants actually being a money laundering scam rather than actually resulting in a real product.
See the DOGE thread.

Below is another program that has the look and feel of a money laundering scam.
Transportation Department suspends $5 billion EV charger program
Seems that the article above left out the fact that only 8 EV charging stations actually built. I wonder how much of that money will be clawed back by the Trump administration?

"Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 BILLION to build 8 EV charging stations," U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, wrote Nov. 24 on X. "His legacy will be squandering billions on something nobody wants, while millions struggle to afford the things we need."

 

[AngelSpeaks]

Of course the incompetent democrats in Illinois would be involved in this disaster.

 

[Isaac]

It doesn't seem that Illinois will ever outlive its reputation of being truly and deeply corrupt - a bit like Philly.
My parents always said the IL gov was outstandingly corrupt and they apparently continue personifying it

 

[AngelSpeaks]

It doesn't seem that Illinois will ever outlive its reputation of being truly and deeply corrupt - a bit like Philly.
My parents always said the IL gov was outstandingly corrupt and they apparently continue personifying it

Four governors that went to prison. Plus Michael Madigan, long, long time Speaker of the House, just convicted of numerous charges. Of course when his daughter was AG, nothing happened.

 

[Steve R.]

Let's cancel these potential money laundering operations!

EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden - Breitbart

In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he'll try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden

www.breitbart.com

 

[Steve R.]

Full Charge: EPA Sent $160 Million to now Bankrupt Canadian Electric Bus Company

There is considerable buzz in Washington about the disclosures of Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin on controversial grants by the Biden Administration, includ…

jonathanturley.org

 

[Pat Hartman]

I guess that this is what they meant when they were laughing about throwing gold bars off of the Titantic It was all your money folks. It is never "government money". And they did it to f*** you for voting for Trump. The actual evil deep down in the Democrats has risen to the top.

 

[Pat Hartman]

It's hysterical listening to the Dems beating their breasts and shouting about how evil Musk is for finding waste in government spending and that he must be stopped at all costs Duh!!!!!!!!!!! How stupid can theses people be? How stupid do they think the public is? How stupid are government employees at the SSA? Even with millions to spend and multiple tries, they couldn't find a better system to retire people than to hand walk the paper down a rickety elevator into a mine and process it there?? Any one of the experts here could have built a better system using Access for < $50,000 and it could easily process more than 10,000 retirees per year