en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/523502 Comments by Tony_Wang http://andrewwolk.com/2009/04/29/what-are-your-ideas/#IDComment20306097 If the government is going to be a co-funder, why not just directly fund New Profit, EMCF, and VPP directly and let them make the decisions? If there is a reason, then I believe it's because the nonprofit and government sectors should remain as distinct decision-makers to allow for diversity; the idea that government is philanthropy's exit worries me because philanthropy needs more exits than just the federal government, otherwise philanthropy has to deal with a monopsonistic buyer, which is never good. From a policy standpoint, I think the federal government should have its own research fund like DARPA (maybe called SIRPA) that does research and a fund that encourages scale - but it should also encourage states to get into the game as well. Obviously the government is not the only source of good ideas and we need to ensure innovation by ensuring a healthy plurality of ideas. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:24:31 +0000 http://andrewwolk.com/2009/04/29/what-are-your-ideas/#IDComment20306097