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60 million in funding for nuclear fusion vs 2 trillion in spending on welfare and entitlements annually Bread and circus rather than progress is the establishm
by tossaccount123 8y ago
60 million in funding for nuclear fusion vs 2 trillion in spending on welfare and entitlements annually
Bread and circus rather than progress is the establishments top priority
The tragedy is that nearly all of the problems we currently face would already be solved if we just invested in our future. NASA used to get 4.5% of our federal budget invested in it, now it's .3%. We used to invest $3 into research or infrastructure for every $1 in entitlements, now we spend $5 in entitlements for every 1$ invested in our future.
- rdiddly 8y agoSocial Security and Medicare solve problems too though. Even the Pentagon (say half a trillion) solves a problem. None of them do it very efficiently, is the thing.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoSocial Security is incredibly efficient from an administration cost perspective.