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Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine?

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-used-to-be-better dept.

kenekaplan writes "American ingenuity and innovation, the twin engine of the country's economy since World War II, is in danger of losing steam and job growth potential if federal legislators allow 'automatic' spending cuts to kick in next year rather than earmarking federal funds to advance education, research and manufacturing, according Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield."

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  1. Re:Has Slashdot ... by obarel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you even know what a rhetorical question is?

    Joking, joking...

  2. Whatever would we do... by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

    What would we do without rhetorical questions?

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  3. Re:not in the upbringing by MisterSquid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Find a way to make Nerds/Geeks Cool.

    Federally fund free sex for Nerds/Geeks.

    Didn't that already happen when DARPA funded the Internet?

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