Punish the Successful

Intel remains the dominant supplier of microprocessors. They did not arrive there by accident. Many years ago, Andy Grove, their then CEO, took a strategic decision of getting out of memory (RAM) chips and into the microprocessor market. He bet the company's future, he won - actually we all won. Microprocessors have gotten better even as they got cheaper - something the Europeans apparently are upset about. I guess they would be happy if the processors got more expensive even as they got worse - and forced people to pay more for inferior products. Hey, that is what they want for their economy and not getting what they want, they are upset. So they fine Intel. Here in the US, Obama wants to give more power to his anti-trust division of the DOJ - sue companies like Intel that keep delivering better products at lower prices. I guess it makes sense to them - and it does - if you examine what their motivations are. Obama is anti-industrialist, anti-human innovation, anti-capitalism. I can imagine soon he will insist on passing a 5 year plan with production quotas for every one, in every industry - and threaten those that do not comply. Is there anyway we can bring 2010 closer? Is there anyone who can articulate a vision for this country that is NOT what Obama is talking about? Is this still the US of A? When China and France can lecture the US of A about our economic policies, something is very, very wrong - then again that is precisely what Obama wants. Where is the next Jack Kemp? How do we pass the next KempRoth?