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Re:Here’s How The Government Can Fix Silicon Valley: Leave I... by davidw on Monday June 07, 2010 @12:27PM (#1410953)
It certainly wasn't built on defense spending alone. But after a phrase like "I’ve always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches", he comes across as a bit silly.
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Re:Here’s How The Government Can Fix Silicon Valley: Leave I... by hga on Monday June 07, 2010 @01:15PM (#1411077)
It's quite arguable that government (i.e. the US Federal one) has gotten a lot less competent as of late, compared to the post-WWII through the '50s period. He's only 40, the government he's directly experienced is much later than the Silicon Valley seeding period we're talking about.
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Re:Here’s How The Government Can Fix Silicon Valley: Leave I... by davidw on Monday June 07, 2010 @01:19PM (#1411089)
There are a whole lot of things you could (and people do) argue. Doing so is probably best left to other sites, but I guess I just don't like those sorts of statements. The government screws some things up, just like it gets some things right. Same goes for people and companies.
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