[MrB]

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.

[ClearCase_guy]

Well, I can see that -- and I'm not the sort who would defend Obama cronies, so I won't push the point. But I will say this --

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.