Comment Re:Hear, hear! (Score 1) 795
Most of the founders of this country were quite k00ky, based on present standards, Darmox. We need more damned libertarian k00ks in this society, in my opinion.
Regarding the research supported by government, does the previous author have any concept of the scale of mismanagement and waste in the government? I'm talking about, for example, cruel and pointless animal experiments or research on bovine flatulence.
There might be a handful of good outcomes, but a broken clock is right at least twice a day. This doesn't justify the methods of extraction of otherwise productive resources to fund the career aspirations of mediocre scientists.
There's plenty of philanthropic organizations which could fund such research. Just imagine how much more charitable money could be raised if people were allowed to keep all of the fruits of their labor.
I work in a government school. I've seen how inefficient things are there.
Regarding the research supported by government, does the previous author have any concept of the scale of mismanagement and waste in the government? I'm talking about, for example, cruel and pointless animal experiments or research on bovine flatulence.
There might be a handful of good outcomes, but a broken clock is right at least twice a day. This doesn't justify the methods of extraction of otherwise productive resources to fund the career aspirations of mediocre scientists.
There's plenty of philanthropic organizations which could fund such research. Just imagine how much more charitable money could be raised if people were allowed to keep all of the fruits of their labor.
I work in a government school. I've seen how inefficient things are there.