That's a moot argument. We can use the Iraq war instead and do that same math, amounting to $11000 per tax payer. Government budgets are well spent when they a

That's a moot argument. We can use the Iraq war instead and do that same math, amounting to $11000 per tax payer. Government budgets are well spent when they are used to do things that are impossible, unfeasible or unwise to do by individual people. JWST is a science investment, which is one of the wisest ways to spend public money.