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Part of President [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s energy policies have been directed at so-called "green" jobs, i.e. those businesses that create energy based on renewable sources such as wind and solar power, and the jobs that go with them.  To that end he has directed taxpayer dollars to fund them, and as of October 2012 continues to do so.

Part of President [[Barack Hussein Obama]]'s energy policies were directed at so-called "green" jobs, i.e. those businesses that create energy based on renewable sources such as wind and solar power, and the jobs that go with them.  To that end he directed taxpayer dollars to fund them, and did so for most of his time in office.

The [[Heritage Foundation]] released a report<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2012/10/18/president-obamas-taxpayer-backed-green-energy-failures/</ref> documenting the failures of Obama's foray into these green jobs.  Taxpayer money was handed out to companies based largely on cronyism; corruption was rampant, and the end result for most of the thirty-six companies on this list was bankruptcy, billions of taxpayer dollars lost, and more than 1,900 criminal investigations pending.<ref>http://www.washingtonguardian.com/stimulating-investigation</ref>

The [[Heritage Foundation]] released a report<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2012/10/18/president-obamas-taxpayer-backed-green-energy-failures/</ref> documenting the failures of Obama's foray into these green jobs.  Taxpayer money was handed out to companies based largely on cronyism; corruption was rampant, and the end result for most of the thirty-six companies on this list was bankruptcy, billions of taxpayer dollars lost, and more than 1,900 criminal investigations pending.<ref>http://www.washingtonguardian.com/stimulating-investigation</ref>