Now that President Obama has won a second term, he has a window of opportunity to address important issues facing the nation by reaching across party lines. One fruitful area for bipartisan agreement is technology. While it may not have received much attention during the campaign, technology can be a uniting cause that directly drives our national economy and supports our ability to compete globally.
As our political leaders turn to the pre-eminent issue of the near future -- addressing the fiscal cliff -- we at CompTIA call on policymakers to consider the importance of tech firms and entrepreneurs to our economy. While deficit control is vital and should be a priority, it should not be accomplished at the expense of our economic drivers: innovation, small business and workforce preparedness. We should identify savings from lower-priority programs that would allow the federal government to pursue its core missions, which include ensuring that strong and growing sectors of our economy, such as IT, continue to thrive.
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