We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers...

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704050204576219073867182108.html

[Ross]

Looks like we will soon become a nation of beggars. What a shame.

[Ross]

Food Stamp Graph... gulp
April 2, 2011 by Clarion Advisory
Filed under: Uncategorized 
By Brice Buckley (Editor-at-Large, Clarion Advisory) 4-02-11

According to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), 44,187,831 people were on food stamps at the beginning of February.

SNAP rolls up to the USDA and they sure do make neat graphs don't they?  You know at least they're graphing out in red, white & blue... SNAP should get together with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  The BLS publishes data on unemployment and inflation, among other things.  Maybe we could combine SNAP and the BLS into one agency called, S-C-R-E-W-E-D. 

[Ross]

We aren't just takers, we are givers too!

I wonder how much stimulus money went into the wind farm? Our tax money, right?

I bet you didn't know that TradeWind Energy headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas is owned by Enel North America, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Enel, SpA.
http://www.kansaswindpower.com/Project.aspx?id=226&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_226_1
 

   DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
MILAN (Dow Jones)--The Italian government Monday confirmed the chief executives of the country's two biggest energy companies--oil and natural-gas giant Eni SpA (E, ENI.MI) and power utility Enel SpA (ENEL.MI)--for another three-year term.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110404-710010.html

Enel S.p.A. Company Profile 


Arrivederci, monopolio! Buongiorno, diversified energy player. Italy's largest electric utility, Enel, has given up its monopoly status and raced into the deregulated global power marketplace. Enel distributes electricity and gas to about 61 million customers in more than 20 countries and has more than 96,000 MW of primarily fossil-fueled and hydroelectric generating capacity. The second largest gas distributor in Italy (after Italgas), Enel serves 2.7 million customers in Italy. It also has renewable and international power generation assets. The Italian government owns about a third of Enel. 
http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/93/93841.html

I do believe tha means yea we might get a million someday but we will be exporting a lot more of the Federal Reserve Banks green-backs to Italy than what stays here in the USofA.
How's that for giving?

[flintauqua]

I bet you didn't know that TradeWind Energy headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas is owned by Enel North America, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Enel, SpA.
http://www.kansaswindpower.com/Project.aspx?id=226&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_226_1

That is not what that page says, and nothing else on TradeWinds site or others in the wind energy sector say that.  TradeWinds is a project developer; Enel is a project owner.  If I have to explain the difference between the two for you, just ask!

As for the rest of your ranbling rantings - 

[Ross]

Sure I'd like yo understand the difference between the builder and the owner. Please explain.
What am I missing?

Paragraph 9 on TradeWind Energy says;
Project Owner:
The project is owned by Enel North America, Inc. the wholly owned subsidiary of Enel, SpA.
http://www.kansaswindpower.com/Project.aspx?id=226&ekmensel=15074e5e_28_0_226_1

And the rest of the rambling explains who Enel, SpA. is.

So clue me in where it is wrong, please.