The government is a very poor allocator of speculative investments. The people who select what gets invested in do not have their own money at stake, so they ar

The government is a very poor allocator of speculative investments. The people who select what gets invested in do not have their own money at stake, so they are able to choose based on priorities other than profit maximization. The government should stick to enabling fair play in the private sector and stay away with gambling taxpayer dollars.