At GM, the stockholders got screwed in favor of the gov’t.
At Solyndra, the taxpayer got screwed in favor of private investors who happen to be 0bama cronies.
Any legitimate business investors out there who see binding legal agreements put in place by a business -- agreements which are then brushed aside and abrogated by the federal government so that "the government" or "the taxpayer" can make out well -- legitimate business investors can see that chicanery and they will decide not to risk their capital until either 2013 or 2017.
Solyndra may be a bad example for me to use to make the case, but I think it is this sort of hijinx which prolong our economic downturn.