[Just mythoughts]

These ‘elite’ above politics, and self proclaimed gods of knowledge crafted the welfare entitlement programs. They are first in line and they have perfected the protection racket of what keeps them fit. Tax payer dollars. Some of these ‘researchers’ despise corporate America and are in research to gain their fame. The ultimate accomplishment is making a name for themselves and there is a pecking order to get published and imagine making a peer review board level.... Some of these people are the haughtiest people on earth.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I agree with you. We live in a ‘celebrity’ culture and it is this that motivates lots of academics, clearly. What I was trying to point out is that even though many academics support the democrats because they think the democrats will be good for them, ultimately they will find that they are not immune to the disasters brought about by social engineering. England has socialized medicine and research money is much harder to come by there than it is here. There will be so many unforeseen budget shortfalls under a socialized US health care system that they will not have much to throw at the NIH. Yes, there will be the well-funded elites, just like there are in England, but many of those non-celebrity scientists will struggle to fund their research, even if it is much more worthwhile research than that being done by the celebrity elites.