[philman_36]

...and the politicians like to think they created the internet.

In a manner of speaking, they did. It was the government, through DARPA, that created the basis for the Internet.

ARPANET

Its initial demonstration in 1969 led to the Internet, whose world-changing consequences unfold on a daily basis today.

Not the current politicians, but politicians in the end, for sure.
Where does the funding of a government agency come from? Congress?
Who was funding DARPA from before 1969? Congress?

/rhetorical questions

[alternatives?]

Spending money is not creating.