http://purplepeoplevote.com/2008/10/30/democrats-take-aim-at-investments-and-savings/ Topical Independent Blogging Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:13:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://purplepeoplevote.com/2008/10/30/democrats-take-aim-at-investments-and-savings/#comment-1502 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:07:11 +0000 http://purplepeoplevote.wordpress.com/?p=1144#comment-1502 [...] 3) Replace private capital with public capital.But wouldn’t a weak stock market hurt the economy by making it tougherto raise investment capital and lessen the return on risk? Surely, itwould. But Obama is planning hundreds of billions of dollars ofgovernment “investment” in cutting-edge technology, particularly in theenergy and healthcare sectors. One specific example: Obama wants tocreate something called a “Clean Technologies Venture Capital Fund” andinvest $10 billion a year in emerging energy technologies. Now, theprivate VC industry is already pouring billions into alternativeenergy, but Obama thinks that’s not enough and wants Uncle Sam to getin on the action at taxpayer expense. Interestingly, a new studyby the University of British Columbia looked at the performance of theCanadian government’s venture capital efforts. It found that governmentventure capital isn’t nearly as successful as private venture capital. Democrats Take Aim At Investments and Savings [...]

]]> http://purplepeoplevote.com/2008/10/30/democrats-take-aim-at-investments-and-savings/#comment-1501 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:06:46 +0000 http://purplepeoplevote.wordpress.com/?p=1144#comment-1501 [...] 3) Replace private capital with public capital.But wouldn’t a weak stock market hurt the economy by making it tougherto raise investment capital and lessen the return on risk? Surely, itwould. But Obama is planning hundreds of billions of dollars ofgovernment “investment” in cutting-edge technology, particularly in theenergy and healthcare sectors. One specific example: Obama wants tocreate something called a “Clean Technologies Venture Capital Fund” andinvest $10 billion a year in emerging energy technologies. Now, theprivate VC industry is already pouring billions into alternativeenergy, but Obama thinks that’s not enough and wants Uncle Sam to getin on the action at taxpayer expense. Interestingly, a new studyby the University of British Columbia looked at the performance of theCanadian government’s venture capital efforts. It found that governmentventure capital isn’t nearly as successful as private venture capital. Democrats Take Aim At Investments and Savings [...]

]]> http://purplepeoplevote.com/2008/10/30/democrats-take-aim-at-investments-and-savings/#comment-1500 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:59:05 +0000 http://purplepeoplevote.wordpress.com/?p=1144#comment-1500 [...] 3) Replace private capital with public capital. But wouldn’t a weak stock market hurt the economy by making it tougher to raise investment capital and lessen the return on risk? Surely, it would. But Obama is planning hundreds of billions of dollars of government “investment” in cutting-edge technology, particularly in the energy and healthcare sectors. One specific example: Obama wants to create something called a “Clean Technologies Venture Capital Fund” and invest $10 billion a year in emerging energy technologies. Now, the private VC industry is already pouring billions into alternative energy, but Obama thinks that’s not enough and wants Uncle Sam to get in on the action at taxpayer expense. Interestingly, a new study by the University of British Columbia looked at the performance of the Canadian government’s venture capital efforts. It found that government venture capital isn’t nearly as successful as private venture capital. Democrats Take Aim At Investments and Savings [...]

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