Now cronyism has a job title?
Is this taught at Harvard?
LoL!
Thanks for zeroing in on that.
“...........Musk demonstrates a fundamental quandary about “privatized” space flight. ”Private” space advocates and libertarians tout Musk as the next step in space exploration, free from NASA’s budgets and bureaucrats. But there is one problem – only the price tag has changed (for now). The people paying the bills remain the same. Sure, it costs less. But what of the much touted principle of “private” space flight. If a small budget is the only payout, then there are possibly ways to achieve the same ends in a revolutionized NASA.
This isn’t private space flight. This is government money spent on spaceflight in different places.
Musk and SpaceX don’t stand for the principle of privatized space flight, because SpaceX certainly isn’t. So once the philosophical goal of private spaceflight isn’t in play, and all we are talking about are dollars spent, then a whole range of issues are on the table. As the Examiner is determined to root out, what role does political coziness play in Musk obtaining enormous sums of taxpayer money to pursue his failed green projects and his yet to be fully successful SpaceX project? Should the taxpayers be funding Musk’s solar and electric car projects?
Either way, Musk now seems to epitomize what has gone wrong with the Obama administration’s crony capitalism. Should Romney win the White House, SpaceX shouldn’t escape the same scrutiny that Tesla Motors and SolarCity deserve.”
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/10/15/elon-musk-project-comes-under-irs-scrutiny/