As the Commerce Department report released today confirms, to position ourselves for sustainable economic growth, we have to keep focusing on the engines of that growth. Our people, our infrastructure, and our innovation are critical to America’s formula for success. When the American people invested in our competitiveness in the 20th century, it paid huge dividends. Now, in the 21st century, with America’s long-term economic prospects at stake, we need to continue to be smart in investing in our future competitiveness.

via Top 10 U.S. Government Investments in 20th Century American Competitiveness.