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originally posted by: ChesterJohn
a reply to: SprocketUK
That is one of the reasons I believe that corporations should fund grants instead of the Government. The government never gets anything in return nor recoups its losses, when a corporation does it they control where and how the grant is used and utilize the findings of the research grant. Which are then used to create more jobs and motivate others to bring their ideas out of the dark and into the light per se.
We don't live in a perfect world. But if there was a country that had come near to that, it was the US until about 50 years ago.
I have a great Idea and simple product Idea to better another product, and I would like to get it created and licensed to market. But most of these companies that help want tens of thousands of dollars from me that I don't have. So far they have not taken my idea do to trade secret agreements. But how long will that last.
So what is keeping me from a successful product is these middleman corporations that are too greedy and don't want to invest in a good idea.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
a reply to: Peeple
well is that what everyone calls white privilege?
Because I am not buying into that one for sure.
I now this no matter what a man race or color is if he works hard he will be rewarded for it by higher wages, promotions and even partnerships.
White privilege is a myth also made up to make the rich kids born into wealth feel guitly and then try to put it on all whites as racist.
But then again you failed to mention those who came from nothing and made something of themselves. The ones who did build that.
originally posted by: JDeLattre89
a reply to: SprocketUK
When you allow small numbers of people to stash away billions of dollars in trust funds and suchlike it means that there is less liquid money out there in the economy for everyone to chase. At some point, people realise that carrot is getting smaller and further away and they give up reaching for it.
What would have us do? Force people to spend money they earned . . . that doesn't sound right. Not everyone wants to spend their money as they earn it, and some spend it more wisely than others.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
a reply to: luthier
Cronyism that is of late the last 50 years.
Levi jeans for example. Levi Strauss a tent maker decided to make jeans for the miners during the gold rush and made a company out of it.
the miners have been closed some for over a century but Levi's is still going.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
a reply to: SprocketUK
I have been looking int a three D printer service. Not telling them what it is and then I might be able to get local steel manufacturing company to make a template for mass production. But I need some different sizes for different machines that my product will help. These are found in every Home. If I were to put one of these in one third of the American homes I would be a multi-millionaire.
It's not success people have an issue with. It's extreme income disparity. If the highest extreme came down a little so that the lower and middle could rise up to a point where it wasn't a daily struggle to break even if that. There'd be no issue.