Many of these examples are a stretch: (1) The transistor/monopoly theory make no sense. The US government never granted AT&T a monopoly but broke it up in 1982

Many of these examples are a stretch: (1) The transistor/monopoly theory make no sense. The US government never granted AT&T a monopoly but broke it up in 1982 when they discovered it was a monopoly. (2) I don't think the residents of New Orleans would agree that Army Corps of Engineers should be a model for anything. I'm sure there are some truly great non-military US government accomplishments but I just can't think of any... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_civil_works_controversies_(New_Orleans) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_ci...