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The military budget is practically not available for redistribution without a complete political overhaul. Many people could be fed and many nice projects could
by UweSchmidt 6y ago
The military budget is practically not available for redistribution without a complete political overhaul. Many people could be fed and many nice projects could be financed with that money.
As it is, the supercollider money comes from the limited science budget, and buying the one thing means we can't have the other.
- spekcular 6y agoI don't think there's a substitution effect for these one-off mega-projects in practice. When the US collider was canceled, that money was transferred to other projects. It just wasn't spent on science at all.