>If universal health care were really that important to entrepreneurship, why isn't Silicon Valley in Europe? Because universal health care is not a sufficient

>If universal health care were really that important to entrepreneurship, why isn't Silicon Valley in Europe? Because universal health care is not a sufficient condition for entrepreneurship, only an important one. I might go so far as to call it semi-necessary, but obviously if you have a spouse with corporate health care (as I do), or are less risk averse, you can make do without universal health care. Silicon Valley has other things which beat the pants-off of Europe in terms of encouraging entrepreneurship (fewer roadblocks, easier access to capital, easy access to large markets, a culture where entrepreneurs are looked up to)