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摘要

Joe the Plumber isn't the only American archetype who's angry at the folks in Washington. Listen to what Craig the Tech Exec has to say: "The government is thumbing its nose at us," grouses Craig R. Barrett, chairman of chip giant Intel. "We're killing engineering and innovation."rnMany leaders in the tech industry share Barrett's concerns about America's competitiveness. Their major complaints about Washington are: underfunding of basic scientific research, high corporate taxes, and immigration policies that send much-in-demand foreign-born science students packing when they graduate from American universities. They want improvements in education that will produce a more tech-savvy workforce, and they reject heavy-handed government regulation. "People want more regulation for the big banks, but in the early-stage startup environment, the more laissez-faire we can be, the better," says Ron Conway, managing partner of Angel Investors, which bankrolls startups.