Ron Johnson (R-clueless) Received $2.5M In Subsidies He Now Opposes

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/08/25/johnson_received_subsidies_he_now_opposes.html

Johnson Received Subsidies He Now Opposes


In an interview with WKOW-TV, Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson (R) blasted government subsidies.

Said Johnson: "I'm in business. I have never lobbied for some special treatment or for a government payment.... When you subsidize things...it doesn't work through the free market system very well."

However, it turns out Johnson actually received a $2.5 million government subsidized loan to expand his company back in 1985.

[Scurrilous]

1. LOL

:thumbsup:

[Booster]

2. Oh, Hell. He just forgot about that little 2.5 million. Happens to me

all the time.:sarcasm:

[Angry Dragon]

3. As long as he said it was not fair

to get subsidizes he should repay it the $2.5 million with interest of say 9 percent

[gratuitous]

4. How it filters through the Republican mind

He didn't "lobby" for that subsidized loan, it was a government program available to anyone who applied, so it wasn't "special treatment" and since he (presumably) paid it back, it wasn't a "government payment." Of course, now that he's taken advantage of the program for his own personal enrichment, Johnson would be just fine with shutting the program down. The short version is "I got mine, and fuck you."

[n2doc]

5. I think you must have to do something hypocritical in order to be a repub pol

It's sort of like a rite of initiation into their party....