“And by the way, the president doesn’t understand when you invest like that in one solar energy company, it makes it harder for solar technology generally because the scores of other entrepreneurs in the solar field suddenly lost their opportunity to get capital. Who wants to put money into a solar company when the government puts half a billion into one of its choice? So instead of encouraging solar energy, he discouraged it.”

– Mitt Romney, speaking at the abandoned headquarters of Solyndra, a failed solar energy company capitalized with a half-billion federal dollars by the Obama administration.