{"id":303023,"date":"2010-02-10T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/eric-schmidt-cut-my-rd-taxes-and-let-me-hire-foreigners-or-else-our-economy-is-doomed-to-suck-forever-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-10T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T15:52:00","slug":"eric-schmidt-cut-my-rd-taxes-and-let-me-hire-foreigners-or-else-our-economy-is-doomed-goog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/303023","title":{"rendered":"Eric Schmidt: Cut My R&amp;D Taxes And Let Me Hire Foreigners, Or Else Our Economy Is Doomed (GOOG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b63257b0000000000aa1b8c-322-241\/eric-schmidt.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Eric Schmidt\" width=\"322\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Washington Post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/09\/AR2010020901191.html?wpisrc=nl_tech\">published<\/a> a letter from Google CEO Eric Schmidt laying out his five-step plan for turning around the economy around.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the key points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Congress should ensure that every bill it passes promotes competition over protecting the interests of incumbents.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nif ( show_doubleclick_ad &#038;&#038; ( adTemplate &#038; INLINE_ARTICLE_AD ) == INLINE_ARTICLE_AD &#038;&#038; inlineAdGraf )\n{\ndocument.write('<\/div>\n\n') ;\n}\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n&#8220;If we want to be a leader in new industries such as green energy, we have to accept that some of our investments won&#8217;t pan out.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We need to extend the R&amp;D tax credit so businesses can confidently invest in their future.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Government-funded research should be made public through &#8220;a Wikipedia of ideas,&#8221; so entrepreneurs can harness ideas commercially.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The best and brightest from around the world come to study at U.S. universities. After graduation, they are forced to leave because they can&#8217;t get visas. It&#8217;s ridiculous.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/eric-schmidt-cut-my-rd-taxes-and-let-me-hire-foreigners-or-else-our-economy-is-doomed-to-suck-forever-2010-2#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-using-its-fighter-jet-for-climate-change-research-2009-7\">Google Using Its Fighter Jet For Climate Change Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/techs-top-ceos-first-job-after-college-2009-6\">Hey, Graduates, Check Out These CEOs&#8217; First Jobs (SLIDESHOW)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/kerry-boxer-rip-palins-attack-on-cap-and-trade-2009-7\">Kerry, Boxer Blast Palin Over Cap And Trade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/1-L9sJc5KzA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Washington Post published a letter from Google CEO Eric Schmidt laying out his five-step plan for turning around the economy around. Here are the key points: &#8220;Congress should ensure that every bill it passes promotes competition over protecting the interests of incumbents.&#8221; &#8220;If we want to be a leader in new industries such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}