[neutronsgalore]

"Now I'm considering moving into pure R&D work (which previously only larger corporations could afford) and even sponsorships for promising young athletes in the third world."

And this benefits the USA how?

[fallujah-nuker]

To "Now I'm considering moving into pure R&D work (which previously only larger corporations could afford) and even sponsorships for promising young athletes in the third world."

You wrote "And this benefits the USA how?"

Can't you picture all those Palestinian youth who now have an interest in pole vaulting? I think they even have a new style, with weights strapped around them.

[The Duke]

And this benefits the USA how?

Well, a couple of my offshore people are here in town blowing a big chunk of their income at Disney this week. (I think the rest has gone to US rental car companies and restaurants).

I think it was a US-based airline that brought them here.

The laptop computers they bought here are Dells - isn't that still a US company?

And, as far as R&D...well, it's pretty obvious that R&D benefits everybody (how fast is your CPU?) - regardless of whether it takes place.

However, that said, I must also stipulate that I subscribe to the philosophy of Any Rand, which suggests that one benefits society by benefiting oneself ("the virtue of greed"). And I do believe that I am personally benefiting from the arrangement.