Of course, under the Bush administration any oversight or enforcement efforts were eliminated because free enterprise could police itself. You know like Enron, Lehman Brothers, Bear-Stearns, BP Oil, etc.
I’m dropping this strip from my queue. I don’t mind political satire, but he’s just mindlessly and obsessively repeating Faux News BS now. Yes, Solyndra went bankrupt, and it was because it couldn’t compete with solar panels from China that were heavily subsidized by their government and thus cost half as much at the consumer end. In other words, China beat the US through government funding. There’s also the fact that of all government investments made by the Obama administration in green energy, only about 2% have gone bust. Any vulture capitalist would be proud of an investment record that good, especially given the new nature of the technology.
Michelle Morris over 11 years ago
I’m not an accountant or anything,but didn’t it occur to anybody to audit the HELL out of Solyndra before sinking so much money into it?
Darsan54 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Of course, under the Bush administration any oversight or enforcement efforts were eliminated because free enterprise could police itself. You know like Enron, Lehman Brothers, Bear-Stearns, BP Oil, etc.
funkman48 over 11 years ago
155,000 new jobs, and unemployment down to 7.8%. Haters gotta hate.
joe vignone over 11 years ago
I guess all those no-bid contracts to Halliburton on the credit card were Jr’s example of success.
Zepp Jamieson Premium Member over 11 years ago
I’m dropping this strip from my queue. I don’t mind political satire, but he’s just mindlessly and obsessively repeating Faux News BS now. Yes, Solyndra went bankrupt, and it was because it couldn’t compete with solar panels from China that were heavily subsidized by their government and thus cost half as much at the consumer end. In other words, China beat the US through government funding. There’s also the fact that of all government investments made by the Obama administration in green energy, only about 2% have gone bust. Any vulture capitalist would be proud of an investment record that good, especially given the new nature of the technology.