If I Wanted America to Fail....

[Mr Khan]

fordy said:

killerzX said:

 it doesnt create jobs it destroys them. it takes away jobs from businesses that are profitable, and that make products people want at an affordable price, it drives up costs of everything for the consumer, and it cost the tax payers.

 

I can give you one MASSIVE example otherwise. It was a technology that revolutionised the portable computing market, with billions of embedded devices using it today. You could say it even opened new branches in said industry.

The technology? Wifi

The creator? The Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), a department of the Australian Government.

 

So to all those conservatives that believe that government does no good, should have no say in reserch and innovation, I implore you: in order to show no hypocrisy, get rid of every wifi-enabled device that you own.

Right. Time was (up until the last decade or so) government funded all sorts of R&D for the sake of R&D, and this R&D ended up having unexpected and delightful applications all over our lives. Now no-one's willing to invest in real experimental stuff, and where will we proceed?