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.
It’s their worldview that makes them think that they can arbitrarily decide who gets what when and it not have effects beyond what they intend.
It’s the “chess piece fallacy”.
Leftists, in their arrogance and Darwinist worldview, think they are “more evolved” than the masses and can make better decisions than everyone else, on an ad hoc basis.