For "good" or bad, all government does is distort the free market and increase inefficiancies when it plays favorites. And Gingrich is a big fan of playing favorites; why else would he lobby for Freddie Mac?
But I guess youre a big Newtie fan so why should you care that half the crap that comes out of his mouth when he's not under control is liberal-lite inanities
No,no. that's not what Newt said. He said....
that there are times "when you need government to help spur private enterprise and economic development."
I suspect you have problems with Newt, but your point, is moot and ridiculous.
Perhaps you should remember that the internet was originally the ARPA-net (before they added the D for Defense to the name of the DoD’s research arm) and that many of the data transfer protocols were written by faculty at state universities in the U.S. or public universities in Europe. There are other examples of beneficial government actually spurring private enterprise and economic development (e.g. spinoffs from the space program, anything requiring eminent domain to create a right of way or easement) but the internet itself along is proof positive that your absolutism and scorn is ill-founded. Who got ‘un spurred’ by the development of the ARPA-net (U.S. DoD) or the www protocols (CERN)? Nobody.
“why else would he lobby for Freddie Mac”
Honestly do you know the difference between a lobbyist and a consultant?