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The public funds things that result in private profits all the time. I.e. education, roads, etc. It's not really outrageous. It's the state's duty to provide a
by Kenji 10y ago
The public funds things that result in private profits all the time. I.e. education, roads, etc. It's not really outrageous. It's the state's duty to provide a platform for its people to excel.
- matthewmorgan 10y agoI was aware that public funds are sometimes spent on useful things. But is it right that the taxpayer absorbs the cost and risks of research, with the profits going into strictly private hands?
- minikites 10y agoIn theory, we would tax those profits to pull some of that value back to society, but anti-tax sentiment is so high in the USA that we don't really do that.