An S.O.S. To Silicon Valley

An Open Letter to the Leaders of Silicon Valley: The world needs you. You, more than anyone else, have the track record of rejuvenating an economy in dire straits. We have, today, an economy Washington will not be able to handle--and that Wall Street certainly can't handle. It is you, Silicon Valley, who needs to step up to the plate. Remember the Clinton years? Sure, Bill Clinton takes credit for the prosperity, but anyone who pays attention knows that '90s boom was Silicon Valley's doing. Valley-inspired entrepreneurship washed away most of the $300 billion deficit that haunted the U.S. economy early in the decade. The Internet created millions of jobs through active entrepreneurship, and Silicon Valley gave life to the Internet through bold and visionary... [read full story]