Signed. There are few taxpayer-related issues that I feel as strongly about. I actually have pretty good luck getting a copy of taxpayer-funded research paper

Signed. There are few taxpayer-related issues that I feel as strongly about. I actually have pretty good luck getting a copy of taxpayer-funded research papers directly from researchers by sending a politely-worded request to the PI asking for a copy. But I shouldn't have to do that -- all this research should be available to the public. Ultimately, I hope that open access journals such as those as PLoS continue to gain prestige and become top tier journals (some of them are almost there). But meanwhile, taxpayer-funded research should be made available to the public.