tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post7515888294063858696..comments2024-02-06T18:46:04.220+10:00Comments on Real World Libertarian: Solyndra bankruptcy; your tax dollars at work.Jim Fryarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-2151342173730854342011-09-11T02:08:36.312+10:002011-09-11T02:08:36.312+10:00I'll say he nailed it. I have less sympathy f...I'll say he nailed it. I have less sympathy for these companies than I do for the victims of Nigerian scammers.<br /><br />The Nigerians are ripping off the sort of unprincipled bastards who are greedy enough to have no compunction as to trying to steal what is not theirs, while these companies are greedy shonks who have no compunction on ripping off the taxpayer.<br /><br />(As a matter of interest, things must be tightening up in Nigeria. Scammers used to offer me 50% of the funds, now they have cut it back to 20. Hardly worth sending your banking details over there for.)Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060534295892170518.post-53507196175187878122011-09-10T15:54:36.659+10:002011-09-10T15:54:36.659+10:00I remember the hype about Solyndra, and also some ...I remember the hype about Solyndra, and also some noise about a spouse of one of Solyndra's execs being on the Whitehouse staff or something? Must have misremembered that last bit because Barry Ohbother said that wasn't going to happen in his administration. And closer to home <a href="http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/outlook-not-sunny-for-solar-shop/story-e6frede3-1226132920290" rel="nofollow">the same thing's</a> happening to an Aussie company that's finding it impossible to survive without subsidy. Everyone's blaming everyone, of course, but one person nails the problem:<br /><br /><i>Opposition Energy spokesman Mitch Williams said the State Government should shoulder blame and many people would now be burnt. "It was a wholly false industry built on the back of government subsidies," he said.</i><br /><br />Not bad for a Liberal.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.com