The White House Wants Advice On What's Blocking American Innovation

[ Thanks to Jose_X for this link. ]

"The White House website kicked off a new feature this week, called Advise the Advisor, in which a senior staff member at the White House will post a YouTube video on a particular subject, asking the public to weigh in on that topic via a form. The very first such topic is one near and dear to our hearts: American Innovation. Here's the video of David Plouffe asking how to encourage innovation and get rid of roadblocks:

"The form only allows 2,500 characters, which really isn't that much. I ended up sending in two separate answers due to the space constraint. The first answered one of the questions posed:

"What are the obstacles to innovation that you see in your community?

"And here is the answer I provided:"

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