A recent survey conducted by co-author Schoen for the Kauffman Foundation showed that Americans, by a 63 to 23 percent margin, prefer polices that incentivize individuals to start their own businesses over direct government efforts to create new jobs. An even higher percentage of respondents - 79 percent - say that entrepreneurs are more important job creators than big business, scientists and government (dead last).
Barely one-fifth of Americans believe the stimulus package will do much to help entrepreneurs, and a scant 3 percent believe it will encourage innovation - something that 78 percent believe is important to the health of the economy.
As a case in point, how well did the government do as a developer--and after taking away a woman's home? Heritage on the Kelo debacle.
Grand government visions are often unworkable and sacrifice our freedom and our future.
Let's stop and take stock before we plunge ourselves and our children into debt we can't escape. The massive and radical Obama budget is wrong for America.
P.S. Big bedfellows, Jonah Goldberg:
The bigger the business, the more reliable the partner for big government.
That’s why any huge corporation that plays ball on health care, or “green jobs,” or countless other initiatives, is hailed as a “forward-thinking” or “progressive” company. Companies such as GE, which stands to make billions from Obama’s energy proposals, are vital sidekicks in the new era of public-private partnerships. Why is Obama working tirelessly to save Detroit automakers? Because GM is a wonderful poster boy for peddling nationalized health care, and UAW is an indispensable cog in the Democratic Party.
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