The Right Answer: on Technology

John Delaney: Maintain and invest in 21st-century infrastructure

Our world-class infrastructure was one of the most important drivers of our competitive economic strength throughout the twentieth century. It allowed companies to grow, boosted their productivity, and, as a result created higher living standards for our own citizens. But the failure

John Delaney: More money into R&D, to enable entrepreneurial risk

• Pursue policies that encourage and enable people to take the risks that accompany entrepreneurship.
• Put more money into research and development, particularly if we want to be an entrepreneurial country.
• Institute a higher capital gains tax rate for short-term investing and at the same time provide very low rates for those who hold their investments for ten years or more.
• Eliminate duplicate and pointless regulations that serve as major stumbling blocks for businesses.