I generally agree with you. But in the way that our defense budget is a significant portion of our federal budget, leaving many other state and federal needs un

I generally agree with you. But in the way that our defense budget is a significant portion of our federal budget, leaving many other state and federal needs un-fund-able, I'd suggest that there's a similar ratio of "elephant" medical research areas starving us of solutions to maladies that may be deserving of treatment.