This is very true, but a good idea doesn't always come into fruition in this utopian self-governance society... Take for instance Chrysler buying the railways of NE Ohio in the 1950's, and then ripping them all up, leaving the people with no alternative for transportation other then Chrysler's wonderful automobiles...

Enron... need I say more?

I don't understand your logic... Why does an interjection of purely privatized scientific funding all of a sudden equate to great discoveries and scientific observations? With only private corporations/individuals at work, wouldn't these discoveries/observations pertain more to personal gain, not necessarily greater discovery? I've yet come to the enlightening realization that replacing one totalitarian set of beliefs (big-government) with another (big-business) will solve everything.... Please help me.