Quote Originally Posted by BDC
America loses its technological edge...

But at the same time all but one of the top ten countries are either the USA or in the EU, so hardly as if the west as a whole is losing its edge.
"government policy favourable for fostering a culture of innovation and progress and leadership in promoting the usage of the latest information technology tools."

From the article, I suspect once the liberals complete there take over of government the U.S. will see a repeal of Bush's ban on stem cell research which will result in a lot of institutional funding for new technologies based on the research.

there are colleges in the U.S. sitting on billions of dollars (harvard, MIT) just dying to be released for research in genetics.