So, did the stimulus send money to China to create jobs building wind turbines?
Yes, but it’s not fair or true to say that most or all of the money went to create jobs in China. Respected independent fact-checking website Politifact dealt with this question last spring, when Sarah Palin incorrectly claimed in a Facebook post that 80 percent of stimulus money for alternative energy went to China. Of the 4,232 turbines that have been built under this program, only three have been purchased outright from China. And the wind farm in Texas has not been built … yet. So, it hasn’t gotten any money… yet. But if a certain amount of work is done on the project by Dec. 31 of this year, it can still qualify for the money. And the Texas farm is very much still on the table. In fact, the Chinese manufacturer of the turbines announced they have built the first turbine to send to the United States. That said, many of the turbine manufacturers (foreign and domestic) rely on a supply chain that’s partially-based in China. So, except for those three turbines in Minnesota, no whole t
