“Just the Way Business Works”
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 16th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
“Just the Way Business Works”
Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard
Of the many lame excuses used by the Obama administration to explain why the Energy Department extended a $535 million loan guarantee to the troubled solar panel manufacturer Solyndra in 2009, then gave the firm more money in 2010 after it had technically defaulted on the initial loan, then changed the terms of the agreement (perhaps illegally) so that private investors would be remunerated before taxpayers in the event of bankruptcy, and continued to support the company right up to its collapse, one claim is especially revealing. Far from exposing the problems inherent in government…
One ObamaCare Disaster Averted, Lots More to Go
Yuval Levin, NRO
The editors have it just right on the CLASS Act. The administration’s latest Friday night bombshell was really no surprise at all. (The massive deficit announcement tonight surely couldn’t have surprised anyone either, though I certainly have to admit that getting involved in a war in Uganda is one I didn’t see coming.) Just about every conservative critic of Obamacare pointed to the irrational design of the CLASS Act before the legislation’s enactment. In fact, the administration’s own CMS actuary said it would never work. He was…
Will Conservatives Back Imperfect Romney?
Gloria Borger, CNN
After watching the GOP presidential debate the other night, it was hard to avoid this conclusion: Mitt Romney looks more and more like the GOP presidential nominee. He's the best debater. He's got his issues and his rejoinders down pat. He brushes away his opponents like lint on his lapel. And all with such ease.That said, there's a teensy problem he just can't seem to beat: Conservatives don't like him. Or trust him. Or really want him to be the GOP nominee.
