Thanks to lobbying taxi and bus companies, in Ontario carpooling for any reason other than to commute to work from the suburbs to the city is considered illegal. This is a problem for projects such as PickupPal, a carpooling website that's gaining popularity in Ontario... not to mention for people who want to carpool.
Politics Hurt

In spite of the fact that technology (and increasing personal wealth!) is coming closer and closer to allowing private firms and individuals to make their own lunar missions, Obama has decided that not enough public money is being spent, and government should be the one pioneering (er... re-pioneering) a trip to the Moon.