$90 Billion for Green Energy? A Closer Look

New York Times: Three times in Wednesday night`s debate, Mitt Romney said that President Obama had plowed $90 billion of federal money into green energy. "Now, I like green energy as well, but that`s about 50 years` worth of what oil and gas receives,'' he said. "Ninety billion - that - that would have - that would have hired two million teachers,'' he said. Is $90 billion accurate? As we reported in August when Mr. Romney first raised the figure, sort of. The $90 billion is a real number drawn from the 2009...

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