The smaller corporations, which create most of the jobs, NEVER HAD THE MONEY to spend on basic research.
Let me try again.
We have a 20,000,000,000 dollar debt. The Government, who never created a single stick of gum worth of profit, does not have the money to spend on “research”.
While I am sure to someone the sex life of red eyed frogs is important, the fact that a third of our nations working men are out of work might have precedence over such important work.
You personally owe 167,000 bucks. Now, go start a business and make a profit with that as your starting capitol.
Oh wait, that’s a minus isn’t it. Hmmmm, someone else already spent your capitol, and then some. Gee, how are you going to pay your taxes?
See how it all ties together? In the name of “important research” money is taken from the productive part of society and spent by the non productive part of society. If research like treasure could be bought, anybody could get rich hiring someone to go prospect for gold. But finding gold, or treasure or research is not a given thing is it?
It has a lot to do with cost effectiveness, motive and drive. That is why you will never see a forest ranger in the deep out back, and always be able to find a dozen in the local office clustered around the coffee pot.
In a timber business you will never see a dozen employees clustered around a free coffee pot. They HAVE to make a PROFIT to keep their JOBS.
Guess who produces more and works harder for a dollar?
A government anything does NOT.