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Originally Posted by tony286
Remember March 31 AL Gores's b day, he should get a gift and a card at the very least. Without that funding, you could of been the cool guy working at guitar center.  Its not all gov and its not all free market. It goes hand in hand. If it wasn't for the gov. making college free in the 60's and 70's we may have never got a guy like Andy Grove who we all a owe a thank you too. its not cut and dry.
The middle class that most here come from was only made possible by gov funds after ww2. Medical innovation didn't boom until after medicare and the gov started pumping money into the system. Before that it was good home and die. |
That's not true.
First off...I know you're joking about Al Gore (inventing the internet lol)
But if you think I would ever work for somebody else like that...no way. I would never be the "cool guy at Guitar Center" in a million years. One way or the other I would DO something to make great money.
Hell man...I started playing professionally in 1978. Always ran and owned my own bands. Usually 5 piece and always with a 3 man road crew. So I was always making money and paying people.
As for medical innovation not booming before medicare? Really?
I'll let Jonas Salk know that he didn't have anything to do with the polio vaccine. It was the govt.
And that Louis Pasteur guy from a few hundred years ago? What was he thinking by taking credit for stuff? lol
Medical innovation comes from the same place that ALL innovation comes from: The desire to get rich. The guy that finally cures cancer? He's gonna be a zillionaire and remembered throughout history.
Yeah I know that the govt. takes TAXPAYER (us, the people) money and is able to fund large projects. And it should. I have no quarrel with that at all. Some things are just too big to tackle without the funding.
But in every case it was INDIVIDUALS who had the brains, the skills, the ability, and the drive to make things happen.
And most times...as in everyday 24/7...most things funded by the govt. don't go anywhere and just end up costing lots of money.
And that's because the INDIVIDUALS who can really make shit happen are rare. Without that "one guy" in the mix...the govt. can spend money until the cows come home and nothing will happen (and they do)