On the other hand, Democrats are the going after "tech" issues more than
ever. Take a look at this article from last month's Business Week:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2007/tc20070917_079427.htm
In particular, this quote:
"Candidates have staked out early positions on topics dear to the tech
industry, including increasing federal spending on research and
development, allowing more highly educated foreign workers into the
country, widening the availability of high-speed Internet service to
create new markets for hardware and online services, and ***improving
the state of U.S. math and science education.***"
Emphasis on that last part is my own. I would certainly hope that
metrication would be rolled into that effort. We are woefully behind
other countries in this regard, and our failure to metricate is surely
one of the reasons.
Cheers,
Mike
Brian J White wrote:
Given America's problems, I'd say metrication is pretty low on the totem
pole...........
At 16:12 2007-10-08, Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote:
How would a Democratic victory in the 2008 Presidential election
affect the
direction of U.S. metrication?
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