While I usually concentrate on technology trends in the communications/ICT sector, I do spend a lot of time thinking about government policy issues that have an impact on innovation, job growth and evolution of the tech sector. Government spending does have as much of an impact on the tech sector as it does on the rest of the economy and one of my strong beliefs when it comes to policy debates is that how we frame the issues – and how we talk about them – has a significant impact on whether or not we can make progress in resolving problems.
My boss, Tom Tauke, has done a series of excellent pieces on the budget crisis including some possible areas where agreement may just be possible in finding solutions. His series helped me think a bit more about the challenges we face regarding the deficit.
I just did a brief piece on the deficit and how to look at it that is focused on the way we define government spending and the changes needed to address the deficit. I think there are a wide array of changes we could consider that are in reality not “cuts” in government programs or “tax increases” but instead are really things we can do to modernize and update our policies and bring them in to today’s economy and society.
My comments were posted on the Daily Caller and I would be interested in the thoughts of others on this topic.
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