Jed, I am not bragging but I actually have studied some history. That, however, is not important. I have experience from real life and that counts. You say I have no data to back up my statements! Did you read about the Swedish pension funds I wrote about?
However, that is no so important either. Your misconception of government's role and its achievements are scary. I have said it before; 'Organizations cannot achieve result, people can.' If we channel most funds to one organization (government in this case) then they are able to take the glory for all positive development. You allow them to although they just used your money without you having any say (Yes, I know about voting rights.) You think that small scandals in the billion dollar size is OK as they do so much other good thing. Well, we have the government you deserve. You are pointing out what areas the government have been involved in one way or the other. It is unavoidable as I said above if we channelize all funding that way. As you suggest that I better my history knowledge, maybe you can tell me why 1750 is the year the government became good. Does it have to do with the creation of USA? I guess the old guys, I have read about (Archimedes to Kopernicus,) they were just lucky to do anything good, as they did not even have the support the church in some instances. Are you still of the *opinion* that I have no* facts*? Your opinion that government made a lot of progress in science since the renaissance is barock (pun intended). The fact as you call it is; scientists has made a lot of progress since the renaissance and you want the government to have the credit for that. Talk about history but some guys in Russia about 100 years ago they said that government can produce much better than those individuals, which control the resources today. Let us make it everybody's resources and we will all benefit. Well, the experiment lasted for some 75 years. In China they adopted the same system 30 years later and it has no resemblance with the ideas of Mr. Marx any longer. I know you think, that when it comes to science, the government is well equipped. Think again. Happy New Year. Best Regards , Lennart Thornros lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon, must inevitably come to pass. (PJM) On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lennart Thornros <lenn...@thornros.com> wrote: > > Your faith in government is disturbing because that kind of mindset is >> what allows this totally immoral and unaccounted for misuse of the >> taxpayer's money. >> > > Such as the development of railroads, steamships, aviation, highways, > subways, city traffic light control, sewers, water treatment plants, > nuclear power, the computer, the laser, space based weather forecasting, > the GPS, the Internet and decoding the human genome. Right? All paid for by > governments. All bad, bad, BAD misuses of the taxpayer's money. > > Oh, and cold fusion. Discovered by government researchers. Paid for by > governments. > > Add to that technology subsidized by governments, such as precision > machine tools and mass produced interchangeable parts (both invented for > military firearms), antibiotics (also used in war), telegraphs, > semiconductors and PV and what is left? Nothing! Essentially, no important > technology has been developed since 1750 without direct involvement and > funding by governments. > > You need to study history. You keep making this empty assertion, but you > have no historical data or present data to back it up. This is a matter of > fact, not opinion. > > - Jed > >
