Perfect followup to the Liberty Mutual columns. Begin to see a pattern here? We have socialism for the rich and dog-eat-dog capitalism for us common folk.

Curt was a darling of the Brown crowd when he lived in Medfield. Now we see his true colors: Hes just another pig jostling the other pigs at the trough. Lets not lose sight of the fact that what Schilling was really trying to fund was a toy company, ok?

Don't worry Brian...It will ALL get better when we re-elect Senator Sidelines so Mitch McConnel can lead the senate, dump Obama, and elevate Governor Goodhair to the highest office in the land! Good times...good times!

I am wondering if anyone has asked Mr. Schilling if he has enough money to cover the payroll. It seems to me, given his public statements, that he would want to invest in his own company if he believes in it. I wonder if his employees feel abandoned given Schilling's millions and that they may not be able to pay their rent this month.

Schilling as a personality is irrelevent; at this point, he is just another failing businessman looking for a bailout. And RI has to look at the $75 Million they already spent, and decide whether they want to risk losing it, or whether more capital will be throwing good money after bad. Did you support the bank bailout? The President did. Did you support the GM and Chrysler bailouts? The President did. Don't you frequently write articles supporting their policies? So..what..only failing businesses that espouse Democratic allegiance are entitled to bailouts? Did the administration inquire of each of the owners of these companies regarding their political slant before deciding who got the money? You may be taking joy in the fall of a guy who likes Republicans and then acts like a social welfare addict, but its sad, not glorious. Unless, of course, you wrote this article as a vindictive personal attack. You didn't do that, did you?

schilling....yes, what a hypocrite....great article....and this guy wanted to run for senator....what a joke....ego to the infinite degree here

Don't you just love to pile on when someone fails? I do remember your article critiquing Deval Patrick for wasting Mass taxpayers money on Evergreen Solar and also when Obama dropped a billion of taxpayers money for another failed solar company. Oh, wait those are democrats, they know no better. Can't wait for the article on Deval Patrick's wasted money pushing for the Cape Winds project.

Shilling is not a hypocrite he is a believer in the American capitalist system were profit is private and losses socialized. Look at how well it has worked for Wall Street.

The comparisons to Evergreen Solar are irrelevant. The piece is about hypocrisy, not business. Business ventures are risky and many, many fail. What should not fail is your personal integrity. If Schilling truly believed in small government, as he proclaims, then he would have not taken government money in the first place, but now that he's lost it, will he cowboy-up and use his personal fortune to repay the loans? The conservative capitalism Schilling espouses demands nothing less, even from a corporation. Given his politics, failure to repay the money when he has the resources to do it, demonstrates a lack of personal, and public, integrity.

I agree with this column, aside from the wall st. reference. Chase was basically forced to take tarp money, and then forced to keep it for a period of time. They were financially sound when others weren't.

Right on!!!! Thanks for writing this....

Rhode Island offered him the deal. That they were not bright enough to backstop their own losses is up to the taxpayers of RI to seek justice of.

Thank you for this column - this is right on target.

Dumb jock!

No mention of Evergreen Solar or Solyndra? Really?

Hard to imagine that this travesty would give ANYONE "a greater appreciation for government". Setting aside the stunning hypocrisy on the part of Schilling, those of us who advocate for smaller government, and don't look for govt. subsidies and bailouts, find ourselves validated -- again.

Keep up the good work, Brian! The filthy rich need your attention.

TARP was a Republican idea, remember Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury? It received bipartisan support. Remember bipartisan support. Oh, and all the comments about failures of government financial "interventions" by Democrats, that was their stated philosophy. It is not Curt Schilling's or many Republicans' alleged philosophy. So the arguments about Solyndra, etc, are specious given the stated principles and philosophy. Also, 38 Studios is not too big to fail. The big banks, financial investment houses and the big two of the big three auto companies were according to both political parties and a vast majority of respected economists from those dueling economic philosophies agreed at that time were too big to fail. Curt Schilling should ask, "What would Mitt do?" I'm guessing Mitt would refer to his advice to General Motors and Chrysler in 2008, declare bankruptcy.

You clearly miss the point of this piece, which is about Curt Schilling's hypocrisy about smaller government. Republicans preach and moralize about government intervention but are the first ones to put their meaty claws out when their world view fails them. Solyndra is a typical, talk radio, knee-jerk straw man that is irrelevant to this piece. Like Mr. McGrory said, government aid is only shameful in when applied to "other people," but perfectly fine when Republicans are the beneficiaries.

Spot on, as usual, Brian. Perfect!!

"Let's stipulate here that the Rhode Island officials who committed this public money to 38 Studios are idiots. I mean nothing negative by that; it's just the only possible adjective that applies. All right, maybe "sycophants'' works as well because they were probably hyperventilating at the sight of his World Series rings and that he knew their name" Brian, Shilling may not be the only hypocrite in your article, what have YOU had to say about Governor Patrick and the $60 million he wasted on Evergreen Solar? About the same cost, and right here at home! What have you had to say about that? Opps, how stupid, Patrick's a Democrat, no story there!

Gov. Patrick doesn't whine about smaller government with righteous indignation. The story is about hypocrisy. Your response is the typical I know-you-are-but-what-am-I conservative victimization.

You mean the way your post is a vindictive personal attack on the columnist?

So, in your argument opposing govt. subsidies you oppose Social Security, MediCare, and Military Pensions?

Beautifully stated, geolovely, right to the core!