Why government's role should be limited

Witness the brouhaha over which company, Boeing or EADS, will make new tankers for the Air Force.  Now apart from genuine technical issues, the fact is here that the Air Force has not obtained any new tanker planes since 1965.

Now let's consider this; what airline in the western world is still flying planes made in 1965?  For reference, only about 80 of 1800 Boeing 727s (built from 1963 to 1984) are still in service.  You will not find 707s flying, by and large, in the western world.  Even early 747s (first built in 1969) are largely taken out of service for reasons of efficiency and air fatigue.

And the Air Force is going to start replacing these planes in 2017 at best, when the oldest KC-135s are 60 years old.  It's not good for our national defense, to put it mildly, and.....

.....OK, imagine what this mindset could do to you in medicine.  Who's up for having the original Siemens pacemaker of 1958 instead of the new versions from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and St. Jude?  What about the chemotherapy drugs available in 1957?

Count me out.