> but it’s really not how things work in a democracy The US is very purposefully not a democracy. > Using an inaccurate phrase like “central planning” calls

> but it’s really not how things work in a democracy The US is very purposefully not a democracy. > Using an inaccurate phrase like “central planning” calls your motives into question. My motives are transparently not to have the money I earn taken from me to subsidize theoretical science research.