> The money and the manpower does not exist to do all of it. No, they both exist. Motivation by your legislator is what doesn't exist. There's a reason some de

> The money and the manpower does not exist to do all of it. No, they both exist. Motivation by your legislator is what doesn't exist. There's a reason some departments get almost everything they ask for and others get almost nothing: they know how to grease the political machine. That doesn't mean we should fight over scraps for science and social programs, it means you need to acknowledge that there's a game that needs playing. And yeah, it feels real bad that there are lives at stake playing that game, but that's the fault of capitalism, not science.