How about, "they spend more money on ads and sending hot 23-yos to doctors' offices with free schwag than they'll ever spend on R&D". Again, I'm inclined to ag

How about, "they spend more money on ads and sending hot 23-yos to doctors' offices with free schwag than they'll ever spend on R&D". Again, I'm inclined to agree with your criticism of that particular proposal. And I'll agree that there are things that are worse than the current state. But the current state is pretty bad, and imperfection is not a disqualifier for "better".