Maybe you can explain further, but that seems to be a slightly different problem. The central issue in the article seems to be what the money is spent on, not n

Maybe you can explain further, but that seems to be a slightly different problem. The central issue in the article seems to be what the money is spent on, not necessarily the amount of money spent. Given the amount of waste cited, it seems like there is ample money, it's just being funneled away from fundamental research because it's politically more palatable to fund applied research.