> Being at the forefront of science and technology is what helps to maintain our position as a/the global financial leader. This is what Republicans understand

> Being at the forefront of science and technology is what helps to maintain our position as a/the global financial leader. This is what Republicans understand and care about and why science is funded. Your post here specifically states that Republicans care about being #1 in the world financially, and you imply here it is not about helping their constituents live good lives or anything like that. The Republican apparatus here is specifically an attempt at a short-term money-making one, not one that improves lives or even makes money in the long run. If you are right and Republicans are funding science because they want the US to be the global financial leader, that is massively fucked up and massively wrong. It will also backfire, because funding things for the reason of being a leader is like making a startup to try to become a billionaire. It will fail. You must work on the core things like basic science, quality of life, etc, to improve the country's stability and economics across the board.