Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Former Enron Executives Slated to Receive Taxpayer Handouts for New Project

WASHINGTON DC -- Buried in the 700-plus page energy bill currently under debate in the U.S. Senate is a provision that provides hundreds of millions of dollars worth of federal loan guarantees for a power project apparently to be built by four former Enron executives. One of the former executives is Thomas White, former head of Enron’s retail and energy trading in California during the energy crisis who later served as President Bush's Secretary of the Army....more here

Okay. Hmm. That's just about sums it all up for the energy bill that's trying to pass. Need I say anymore? Maybe to contact your congresspeople, that's all!

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