<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>RedState</title><link>https://redstate.com/aglanon/2011/06/28/the-cost-of-bailouts-cronyism/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:26:49 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>The Cost of Bailouts: Cronyism</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[One of the reasons that I was against the bailouts, both bank and auto, was the effect I feared it would have on the way business is conducted.  It&amp;#8217;s easy to point to a TARP loan being repaid (with interest) and declare victory for bailouts.  But to do so assumes that all consequences of government intervention in private enterprise have been realized.]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:42:46 -0400</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Ben Howe]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/aglanon/2011/06/28/the-cost-of-bailouts-cronyism-n39493</link></item></channel></rss>