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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amazon could flip a switch tomorrow and start making massive profits.  Not so for the U.S. government.   Further, Amazon is making what it believes to be productive investments; most of the function of the U.S. government is redistribution of money.  Vanishingly little of government spending can be characterized as productive investment.  It's really a terrible analogy. [/quote]

What? Government R&D money to universities, government-run research labs, and private corporations have funded - and will continue to fund - our greatest technological and productivity breakthroughs.

Examples: GPS, internet, personal computing, materials sciences, microprocessors, etc.

The fact of the matter is that government-organized research and infrastructure is still the most efficient means for pushing forward our economy. Ever tech company today is reaping the dividends of U.S. government investment. That seed has sprouted into a veritable forest. Hell, the technology used in these new private sector space companies is OLD - it was developed by NASA engineers (in conjuction with private sector engineers - GE, HP, etc) decades ago.[/quote]

And what percentage of the federal budget do you think goes to such endeavors? [/quote]

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