Nonsense. What is this "deal", and how do you know that the benefits it conveys won't accrue to any other corporation in the same line of business?
Solyndra is cronyism. Tax breaks aren't, unless one subscribes to the Marxist notion that a corporation's revenue somehow inherently "belong" to the state in the first place.
The only deal I'm aware of is a "tax break" of $7 million over 10 years, which, needless to say, will be well compensated for by the taxes which the 1000+ employees will be paying by virtue of the fact that they still have their jobs.
Tax breaks certainly do not automatically qualify as "cronyism", and even if they did, the "cronyism" you're referring to apparently applies at the state level, so I guess you can vilify current Indiana governor Mike Pence, a staunch conservative by all accounts, for practicing such abject and shameful cronyism.
Give me a friggin' break! It's "cronyism" to keep 1000+ jobs in America by amortizing a measly 7 million dollar tax break over 10 years? Absolute balderdash.
As I mentioned, Solyndra is cronyism at its height. Lower taxes are simply good general policy.
I agree that lower taxes are a good GENERAL policy. GENERAL policies apply across the board. Cronyism, by definition, picks and chooses its beneficiaries.