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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-12-07 04:06 PM
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18. How would you recommend U.S. inventors and green mfgrs find funding?
Do tell, please. I see a situation where our nation is perfectly poised to have a new wave of manufacturing and service industries. What's the problem with venture capital funding new industry?

Are we supposed to just sit on our thumbs crying about unemployment and the lack of jobs forever? Or are we going to do something about it?



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  - and vulgarest. Just blechh.  cali   Nov-12-07 04:04 PM   #17 
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  - Hello profits at any cost, goodbye everything else.  NightWatcher   Nov-12-07 03:51 PM   #14 
  - How would you recommend U.S. inventors and green mfgrs find funding?  Dora   Nov-12-07 04:06 PM   #18 
  - Thanks, my thoughts exactly. There's nothing wrong about money, if  Hieronymus   Nov-12-07 06:22 PM   #29 
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