[Meet the New Boss]

Who the hell agreed to this? Private investors should be the FIRST wiped out, well before losses to the taxpayer are put into play.

Private investors would not have invested in the company otherwise.

If private investors could be convinced that the company's business plan was viable, Solyndra would not have needed taxpayer money in the first place.

[icanhasbailout]

That makes it WORSE, not better! If nobody in their right mind would put their own money on this, why in the world were tax dollars thrown in?