>I would much rather this money be granted for research that then becomes public domain That's not how it works though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh%E2%8

>I would much rather this money be granted for research that then becomes public domain That's not how it works though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act Research from publicly funcded universities gets patented then turned around to fuck you and make you pay for it twice all the time