Nancy Pelosi: without Government you wouldn't have an iPhone

Even if you concede this dopey point, and you shouldn't because it's irretrievably stupid, the point is fundamentally irrelevant. In a Democracy like ours here are literally millions of hinge Government could do, but just because Government CAN do something, doesn't mean it should, and as free citizens it is our responsibility to decide those things that are outside the sphere of things Government should do... Especially when the only way for Government to "do" something is to spend tax dollars extracted from its citizens by force.

And when Government is as broke as our Government is, then that list gets very short.

Oh and I'm sure Apple would be happy for Government to assume as much of the cost of their R&D as possible, they'd be crazy not to. But to say that without Government largess, that the iPhone would not exist is an unbelievable stretch.