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CAPTION: OTHER PLACES TO INVEST YOUR SAVINGS
...federal government thinks its money is being misused by academia, it will invest it elsewhere--perhaps in airfare for top Bush Administration officials. The loss of funding would be a disaster for the academic community, and universities would have no one to blame but themselves...
...factor in the change of mood was Zenchiku's willingness to invest locally. The company gave $10,000 to the hospital, and buys much of its farm machinery from the local John Deere outlet. Jackets and hats sporting the Zenchiku logo were given to each of the employees, who sometimes wear them out to the local saloons. Zenchiku has even sponsored their own bowling team, though neither of the Japanese ranchers participates. "I prefer martial arts," says Kaz, who teaches judo to a handful of Montanans in town...
Unfortunately for Tsongas, this sort of narrow view of foreign investment ignores the real benefits the U.S. has realized from the increased capital that foreign business poured into the country in the last 10 years. Businesses only invest in a country if they believe they're going to be able to profit. Thus foreign investment is not an indicator so much of American decline as of the continued confidence that foreign investors have had in our ability to produce. This benefits workers and consumers...
...more appropriate question is why the U.S. has been so short-sighted about investing in its children. For a generation, public spending has tilted toward the needs of the elderly, including those who are relatively affluent, and away from the next generation. As ever, when it comes to spending priorities, elected officials usually follow the dictates of the most potent voters. Budget Director Richard Darman has eloquently denounced "now-nowism" -- America's tendency to spend frivolously today rather than invest sensibly in tomorrow -- even as the White House and its most powerful constituents embrace it. Proposals to raise education standards...