DOE-Backed Solar Company Lays Off Workers. Is There an Echo in Here?

DOE-Backed Solar Company Lays Off Workers. Is There an Echo in Here?

Another day, yet another green-stimulus loan-guarantee recipient laying off workers. How sad is it that we've recently been hearing this and similar storylines so frequently that the theme is starting to feel kind of old n' busted? I mean, it's only throwing away billions of taxpayer dollars for the sake of a little socio-economic engineering, right? ...Facepalm. Via Beltway Confidential:

First Solar, a solar energy company that received a $1.46 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, announced today that it will layoff 2,000 workers in the United States and world-wide.

The company will ...