Speaking to The Commonwealth Club of California on August 7, 2008, Steve Forbes talks about his support for a flat income tax. I'm not sure that's such a good idea.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AVtVA48kYYg&feature=user
But he also discusses what has set the U.S. apart - and allowed us to thrive economically - for the past 200 years. He says it's the secret to our future success, too.
Forbes says the U.S. is the world's innovation leader.
I agree with him. It certainly won't be paying low wages leading to low prices that will keep us afloat. It won't be manufacturing plants that resemble ant farms, with workers living, working and buying goods all in the company "village." It certainly won't be blind loyalty to our employing entities.
Just look at your teenage kids, if you have some.
(If you don't have any, why don't you stop reading this stuff and go out dancing? Take a cruise?? Celebrate life!) Okay, back to my point. The American teen is nothing if not recalcitrant. You say it, he or she argues. In the U.S., we nurture independent minds, free-thinkers, video game whizzes, kids who challenge their teachers, and sometimes young adults who will come up with ideas we've barely considered. These kids are tomorrow's innovators. As long as we remain a stubbornly independent, quick-to-question-authority people, we may well continue to lead the world in innovation.
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