Just when I was getting ready to throw all the Big Government rascals out, here comes Joe Biden to set me straight on my dependence on the government:
"Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,” he said. “In the middle of the Civil War you had a guy named Lincoln paying people $16,000 for every 40 miles of track they laid across the continental United States.