Obama PLedges 3% of GDP to Science
This is a huge level of spending. It rivals the spending on defense. No idea if it will actually come to be, but the intention is impressive.
I do feel as though there is a place for government leadership in certain areas of science. But I dont think that it should be spending this much. Encouraging the private sector, sure. Cutting restrictions and red-tape to make it easier for the private sector to do research, yeah.
But unless there is something that cannot be achieved through the private sector, due to the nature of its payoff (human space flight is one of these), then i dont think the government should be the one doing the funding.
However - in the current context, it is a lot better to spend it on this than a lot of the junk we have been throwing money at.
I do feel as though there is a place for government leadership in certain areas of science. But I dont think that it should be spending this much. Encouraging the private sector, sure. Cutting restrictions and red-tape to make it easier for the private sector to do research, yeah.
But unless there is something that cannot be achieved through the private sector, due to the nature of its payoff (human space flight is one of these), then i dont think the government should be the one doing the funding.
However - in the current context, it is a lot better to spend it on this than a lot of the junk we have been throwing money at.
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