Absurd. I accept that the journals will fight against open access. But it's bizarre to me that there are members of Congress who apparently think that the first

Absurd. I accept that the journals will fight against open access. But it's bizarre to me that there are members of Congress who apparently think that the first priority of goverment-funded research is to support a bunch of businesses. It reminds me of when then-Senator Santorum proposed a bill that would prohibit the National Weather Service to disseminate their forecasts for free as they do now and instead would only sell them to commercial outlets. He apparently also thinks that the purpose of government is to give money to corporations. I generally am a believer in government being a force for good. But stuff like this taxes this belief. The funny thing is that you never hear stuff like this happening in Sweden. The US government is apparently wholly subjugated by corporations. I don't understand how there isn't more of an uproar about this. You'd think that both small-goverment libertarian types and "socialists" (in the US use of the word) would agree that whatever the size of government, it shouldn't be beholden to commercial interests...