Yes, that's why it's "overhead" because it's just the cost to play the game. But after overhead, even R01 grants which sound "massive" will just end up paying

Yes, that's why it's "overhead" because it's just the cost to play the game. But after overhead, even R01 grants which sound "massive" will just end up paying for a couple of PhDs and postdocs over four years at the end. But there's some "inflation" of overhead going on over the years, so the bang for your buck is dwindlding