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No it's not. With option one businesses choose where they intend to conduct research. With option two the government chooses what research should be funded.
by Radix 17y ago
No it's not.
With option one businesses choose where they intend to conduct research. With option two the government chooses what research should be funded. It becomes something that can be politicized. But thanks for pointing out the needed general increase in tax.
EDIT: Thank you for disagreeing with me, but I would like to learn why I am wrong. Would someone tell me why my observation is wrong?
- Retric 17y agoPolitically there is a difference, numerically there is not. While handing out money for people to research whatever they want would be a non starter, people are happy to have the tax code do the same thing. Granted, procedurally when handing out money the government likes to say what you do with it, but manipulating the tax code is seen as more reasonable even thought the costs are identical. My point is if we are going to be handing out money through targeted tax breaks we should still treat it as spending tax payers money, because that's the net effect is.