>Right, so we agree that this effectively reduces the amount of money the USFG spends on research; 5-2 < 5-0. No, we don't. If the funding actually went to res

>Right, so we agree that this effectively reduces the amount of money the USFG spends on research; 5-2 < 5-0. No, we don't. If the funding actually went to research, maybe, but it doesn't, and even then it's pretty convoluted. In any other program, if I get a grant from the government and use it to pay staff, they pay income tax on what I pay them, even though the money comes from a grant. That doesn't really mean the government spends less to fund grant programs. >Removing tax incentives for government-funded research is exactly equivalent to reducing NSF/NIH funding. No, it isn't. It's related, but not exactly equivalent. The money still goes to fund NSF/NIH projects, even if there is tax on that income the people were paid to do the research.