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How did we get to the point that everything relies on this discretionary funding? We have some serious design flaws.
by declan_roberts 1y ago
How did we get to the point that everything relies on this discretionary funding? We have some serious design flaws.
- analog31 1y agoIt wasn't all that discretionary so long as the ruling faction was executing laws in good faith.
- apical_dendrite 1y agoBecause there are some things that the market just won't do effectively. Basic science that takes decades to pay off is a good example. Somebody has to understand the biology so that decades later someone else can build a product. Private foundations can pay for some of it - a lot of the green revolution was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation - but they don't have the resources of the federal government, and you're relying on the whim of a single family or individual. Government-funded basic research has worked out really well for the US.
- EasyMark 1y ago[flagged]