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KharmaTrain
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Wed May-13-09 08:47 AM
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The government can be involved...R & D money and grants are valuable ways to push new technologies forward, but it also can be a boat anchor if it becomes a beauracracy where the government is the sole pipeline for innovation. There needs to be partnerships between public and private sectors. An example would be NASA...the R & D money that went to sending a man on the moon resulted in microwave ovens, video cameras, laptop computers and better tasting Tang. The ultimate government interest are votes...answer the problems and it will return votes for years to come. Or so I hope.
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