Neumann!

Interesting.

Solar energy companies owned by a tea party Republican running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin who is strongly opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received $500,000 in grants under the program.

Herein I consider the relative paradox of these situations. Is it possible to oppose a program but still take advantage of it? Perhaps Neumann opposes the stimulus programs, but if they are out there, why shouldn’t he partake in them?

Let’s put this in another context… I oppose the Earned Income Credit as a policy matter. If I qualified for it (I don’t), would I take advantage of it? Yes, I would. So does it pollute the position if one who opposes the stimulus programs to take advantage of them? Perhaps.

While readers of this blog know that I don’t support Neumann, I have difficulty in finding fault in his behavior here.