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Err... why such a dismissive attitude towards the thesis of the article? We do have some massive problems including: 1. Foreign wars that are a drag on resourc
by raheemm 16y ago
Err... why such a dismissive attitude towards the thesis of the article? We do have some massive problems including:
1. Foreign wars that are a drag on resources
2. Internal entitlements (SS, medicare) that are unsustainable and also a growing drag on resources
3. A political culture that seems incapable of meeting the long-term needs of the nation
4. Increasingly better global competitors
Will these problems just go away once we climb out of the recession?
- TomOfTTB 16y agoI can't speak for anyone else but my dismissive attitude is based on the fact that he seems to have done no more than 15 minutes worth of research for this article and what research he has done is badly attributed. To give an example of this he quotes the number of Patents filed by the U.S., Japan and China. But anyone whose looked at a random batch of patents can tell you a lot of them ill conceived tripe (ever watch cable TV between 1am and 5am?). Which means it proves very little without looking at the content of the patents (which he clearly didn't do) So even if he's right the piece is so badly done that it doesn't deserve a lot of respect.