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To: SouthernBoyupNorth; Spunky; ~Kim4VRWC's~; ~Peter; 1035rep; 2ndDivisionVet; 3D-JOY; 4woodenboats; ...

FYI 80% of major inventions and technical breakthroughs originated in Great Britain but almost without exception were DEVELOPED in the USA because investment funds were available here to do so.

Brits have the brains but not the money.

We have some of both though these days I’m no longer so sure about our national brainpower - or perhaps what we do with it.


8 posted on 06/11/2011 9:44:56 PM PDT by FARS (Be healthy, happy and thrive,)
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing your insights, dear FARS!


10 posted on 06/11/2011 10:03:49 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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FYI 80% of major inventions and technical breakthroughs originated in Great Britain but almost without exception were DEVELOPED in the USA because investment funds were available here to do so.

Yes I concur...

I have an old aviator friend that I lost touch with that left England because they started in on hand gun control and he couldn't afford to fly their in the early 60's. it was their nuevo-socialism that drove him out. He has over 30 patents and was rather silent about one that we may use every day that was his baby IMHO, but he would never come out and talk about it, but the hints were their. But the point was he could succeed with his inventiveness here, not their....

So what does that say about Britain post WWII and what Hayek warned us them about and they still haven't learned?

And our dear leader put us on the road to a health care system as screwed up as theirs....

25 posted on 06/12/2011 4:52:44 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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To: FARS
FYI 80% of major inventions and technical breakthroughs originated in Great Britain but almost without exception were DEVELOPED in the USA because investment funds were available here to do so.

Yes I concur...

I have an old aviator friend that I lost touch with that left England because they started in on hand gun control and he couldn't afford to fly their in the early 60's. it was their nuevo-socialism that drove him out. He has over 30 patents and was rather silent about one that we may use every day that was his baby IMHO, but he would never come out and talk about it, but the hints were their. But the point was he could succeed with his inventiveness here, not their....

So what does that say about Britain post WWII and what Hayek warned us them about and they still haven't learned?

And our dear leader put us on the road to a health care system as screwed up as theirs....

26 posted on 06/12/2011 4:55:02 AM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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