“Obama is committed to spending huge amounts of money on uneconomic ventures—such as the auto industry and solar energy.”
there are some things I would like to see. Universal broadband is one of them. If everyone from Alaska to Wyoming had broadband it would be possible to have internet tv shows that would reach everyone. It will be a ‘game changer,’ like the original internet. This isn’t really an original obama idea, however. McCain is not only for this but he was also responsible for the switch to digital TV.
But if we’re just going to spend a lot of money on lots of small projects or prop up failed companies then this is just $ that will be taken away from the private sector.
The government needs to keep its frickin' nose out of business, whether it is mandating digital TV, which should have been left to the free market, or whether it is broadband access they should just keep the feds out of it. The free market will take care of things like that when they are economically feasible IF the market is allowed to work. Unfortunately it isn't allowed to work and people like you who think the feds should actually have a hand in any kind of business are partially to blame.
Return the US to the free market, bring back freedom to the market place and to this country.
I am tired of watching the feds usurp power they have no constitutional right to exercise, down with big government, up the Republic.