Arnie's backing stem-cell research in defiance of the GOP.
His father-in-law is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. I'm sure that had a strong influence on his decision.
For some reason, this reminds me of a Saturday Night Live sketch where the actor wakes up and discovers he (or she? I can't remember) had been president for the last four years, and had found cures for AIDs and other diseases by infecting the 10 richest men in America.
Anyway, I wish our state would do the same thing. That is, invest in stem-cell research and cloning technology, not infect rich people. Not just because it is the right thing to do, but because, as Arnie noted, it would be a boost to the local bio-tech industry.
I'm thinking of the day, 10 years from now, when Microsoft moves its offices to Texas or India where it gets better tax breaks and a cheaper labor pool, when Boeing goes under or moves away, when the baby boomers are retiring and the health care crisis is only intensifying.
It would sure be nice if Washington were the industrial heart of the nation's biotechnology and scientific research.
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