I'm not as anti-government as some people here. I think the federal government has done/does some good things such as funding the development of computers, the space program, the ethernet/internet, the human genome project and recently the BRAIN initiative. A president can provide a vision for a big project and push for the needed funding. So even though I'm not excited about my choices, I will be voting this year.

I agree... whatever we hope for the future, we have a certain reality now, and we have to deal with it, as it stands, right now. Good article, thanks!