The only way that we can reduce our financial dependence on the inflow of funds from the rest of the world is to reduce our trade deficit.
As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
I think anybody who is racist is an idiot whether they are black or white.