Comments on: McCain: Invent, Or Else http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/ Wed, 06 May 2009 21:49:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Rebecca http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2557 Rebecca Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:42:29 +0000 http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/#comment-2557 Inventors have to eat while they invent. They could work a job during the day and invent at night, but that would be taxing and it would take longer. Inventors may need tools and equipment, electricity and probably a place to invent. Food, tools and renting a space costs money. "We" could wait for inventors to save up enough money so they could provide these things for themselves and devote themselves to inventing, but another alternative is for "We" (the government) to fund these things so the inventors can invent right now. And since "we" (the government) are funding the inventors, we should be able to say what we would like to have invented. I'm being simplistic here, but I think holding up funding as an incentive to promote specific inventions is not a bad thing. The payoff is not only the invention, but I believe the government gets a share (if the invention is profitable) or gets the seed money back. This is currently done in business incubators for start-ups and small businesses to get off the ground. The way McCain said this is ridiculous, but the idea is sound. Inventors have to eat while they invent. They could work a job during the day and invent at night, but that would be taxing and it would take longer. Inventors may need tools and equipment, electricity and probably a place to invent. Food, tools and renting a space costs money. “We” could wait for inventors to save up enough money so they could provide these things for themselves and devote themselves to inventing, but another alternative is for “We” (the government) to fund these things so the inventors can invent right now. And since “we” (the government) are funding the inventors, we should be able to say what we would like to have invented. I’m being simplistic here, but I think holding up funding as an incentive to promote specific inventions is not a bad thing. The payoff is not only the invention, but I believe the government gets a share (if the invention is profitable) or gets the seed money back. This is currently done in business incubators for start-ups and small businesses to get off the ground. The way McCain said this is ridiculous, but the idea is sound.

]]> By: Darren http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 Darren Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:15:31 +0000 http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/#comment-2499 Totally correct! I made that small edit you asked for. Totally correct!

I made that small edit you asked for.

]]> By: Elisheva Levin http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Elisheva Levin Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:11:17 +0000 http://www.cauthon.com/2008/06/24/mccain-invent-or-else/#comment-2497 If McCain or anyone else really wants to unleash 'good old Yankee ingenuity,' then remove the ridiculous taxes and barriers in the way of developing ideas, researching them, and protecting intellectual property rights. Inventive people do not need government incentives, but they do need government to get the heck out of the way of their work. If McCain or anyone else really wants to unleash ‘good old Yankee ingenuity,’ then remove the ridiculous taxes and barriers in the way of developing ideas, researching them, and protecting intellectual property rights.

Inventive people do not need government incentives, but they do need government to get the heck out of the way of their work.

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