Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SilentZ who wrote (713331)	5/6/2013 4:35:04 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575596

Z, The government sent us to the moon. I'd say it did that pretty well. Was that "preserving the status quo?" Those days are long gone. The race to get to the moon was driven primarily by Cold War politics. Once we got there, the age of the astronaut started declining. The point is that when you argue for government spending for the sake of "job creation," it doesn't matter at all what is being produced. That's how you end up with tanks that the army doesn't need. That's how you end up with bridges to nowhere, airports to nowhere, pork barrel projects that only enhance the vanity and the power base of the incumbents. If you actually cared about what was being produced, you would turn into a libertarian in just one month. Tenchusatsu