The question was should we leave funding to internet campaigns, not will we. I can't imagine the OP is arguing that the ALS association shouldn't take the money

The question was should we leave funding to internet campaigns, not will we. I can't imagine the OP is arguing that the ALS association shouldn't take the money or that people shouldn't donate. The OP is arguing that they shouldn't have to rely on these kinds of campaigns to solve large problems like this because we should increase public research funding.