To: TigersEye
If only the gooberment had subsidized the Wright brothers we wouldnt be having this conversation. Wed be out in the stable feeding the horses.
Well in a way they did, in 1906 they bought one plane for experimental purposes. They bought another one a few years later. They didn't buy in quantity until the bugs got worked out during WW I. And they didn't subsidize the Wright Brothers so that everyone could fly an airplane.
If the government wants to buy one car a year for testing purposes, like NASA buys X-planes to test aircraft, I have no problem with that. But subsidizing fleet production of a vehicle that can't sell without massive subsidies doesn't make economic sense.
101 posted on
07/30/2010 2:46:48 PM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: GonzoGOP
I think you have clearly explained the difference between subsidizing private industry and experimental R&D with national security applications.
106 posted on
07/30/2010 2:50:51 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
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