I didn't say that it was growing at some arbitrary rate. Something being well funded does not mean that that funding will improve over time. If R&D is 2% of G

I didn't say that it was growing at some arbitrary rate. Something being well funded does not mean that that funding will improve over time. If R&D is 2% of GDP and declines slightly over time but remains in the top 10 we can still call it very well funded. And just because acceptance rate is declining and competition is increasing still does not mean that science is not very well funded in the U.S.