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techdirt.com - 12/24/2008
If Washington Wants To Create Jobs, It Should Get Out Of The Way In Silicon Valley
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It's already quite clear that Sarbanes-Oxley has done very little to actually prevent fraud of any kind, but it has been a tremendous burden , especially on smaller, innovative companies that help grow the economy and create new jobs. It's basically become a huge tax on tapping into public ...
Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley
online.wsj.com - 12/21/2008
Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley
— online.wsj.com — MICHAEL S. MALONE Even as economic losses and unemployment levels mount, America's most effective engine for wealth and job creation is being dangerously -- perhaps fatally -- compromised. For more than 30 years the entrepreneurship-venture ... (more) Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley

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Memo to Silicon Valley VCs: Get Off Your High Horse
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology — The arrogance… sheesh. From Tech Dirt: If Washington Wants To Create Jobs, It Should Get Out Of The Way In Silicon Valley. Really?  Are we talking about the Silicon Valley of 25 years ago or the Silicon Valley of today?  I hope not today, because pretending that Silicon Valley today leads anything is akin to saying that US carmakers lead their global peers in market share.  They used to, now they don’t; they simply don’t. Something must be in the air. From CNBC: ...

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