But the government CAN and oftentimes does a fine job of funding and promoting the research necessary to make tremendous strides.
Regardless, it seems like you're fine with throwing away billions to make punkass arabs rich (who play both sides of this game. They jackpot around with their Taliban allies while playing the "good boy" card to us... While eating our money).
If repubs were really concerned with debt and government overreach, wouldn't they be demanding the closing of at least half our bases? Bringing the troops home? And spending maybe only 2-3 times as much in defense as the top 10 countries in the world combined?
Couldn't we settle for just a lil less in defense spending? Maybe, just maybe, they could become a lil more thrifty and efficient! It's amazing what a pay reduction could do to productivity and efficiency. Maybe those involved in the military spending could afford a toilet seat less than $300 bucks a bang!
Maybe... Just maybe.... the military has become bloated just like those "entitlement" programs that repubs are constantly ranting about. Meh, naahhhh! Couldn't be! We all know that all other government programs are corrupt and fallible and waste our precious money but the military is exempt! They never waste money! Never ever ever!
Just a thought.
Great. Retool military spending to make it more cost efficient and take the money that is saved and pay off the damn debt. Cancer and aids research is doing just fine. I'm sure the fed already spends millions funding said research anyway.