Obama is even dumber than that. DoD didn’t invenet the internet so companies can make money, they invented it to protect their computer systems and data control.
The government didn’t create the interstate highway system so we would have places to drive our cars. It was built to insure our military could move freely around the country if necessary during war.
We didn’t put a man on the moon to spur research in things that companies now sell like microwave ovens, teflon and Sudafed. The race to the moon was a race to build the best ICBM missile.
Most of all government “investments” that “benefited” private enterprise have been national security related.
Thank you both for the examples given. ctdonath2 @ #70.
It added value to the discussion.