Claim: An ad from the conservative Americans for Prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for "green jobs" going overseas. The ad, titled "Wasteful Spending," introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack. According to the ad, the stimulus included: "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in Mexico." Actually, the loans were to finance a solar ranch built and operated in California. It's true that the company that got the loans also recently opened a solar-panel manufacturing plant in Mexico,
Fact-check: Stimulus Money for Jobs Overseas? - FactCheck.org
Verdict: an ad from the conservative americans for prosperity distorts the truth about stimulus money for "green jobs" going overseas. the ad, titled "wasteful spending," introduces some new wrinkles to this well-used line of attack. according to the ad, the stimulus included: "$1.2 billion to a solar company that's building a plant in mexico." actually, the loans were to finance a solar ranch built and operated in california. it's true that the company that got the loans also recently opened a solar-panel manufacturing plant in mexico,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2012-05-02T19:39:03