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Kinda like how the Chinese invented gunpowder…?

July 17, 2011 By Kathy Shaidle

Or maybe you mean more this kinda thing?

Remember, you lowly plebes — “David Leonhardt is the Economic Scene columnist for The New York Times” and you’re not:

Along similar lines, a budget deal could increase [federal government] funding for medical research and clean energy by even more than President Obama has suggested. These are the kinds of investments that have brought huge returns in the past — think of the Internet, a Defense Department creation…

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BONUS amazingly RELATED irony that immediately popped into your mind and everyone else’s — except, of course, David Leonhardt’s.

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