I bet you personally aren't paying for shit, but receiving some government subsidy one way or another and just want others to pay for everything.
I'm gainfully employed and pay my taxes; I'm happy for a portion of those taxes to fund this project - what more do you expect from me?
As to my comments, they are general in nature,
As were mine; I'm quite happy for my taxes to fund fundamental scientific research that has no commercial merit, but expands our understanding of the way the universe works as the private sector has no incentive to do so. Another good example of this type of research is the LHC at CERN. Indeed, I would like a higher proportion of my taxes to go towards scientific endeavour, and less towards things like (for example) over-budget, under performing government IT systems.