[Servant of the 9]

"Basic research"?M/i>

I fail to see anything basic about this, other than the scientific community always thinking that their wants are superior to everyone else's right to their own money.

You can't see anything basic and important in a better understanding of the Periodic Table and how elements are put together and interact?

It bears on Fission, Fusion, Semiconductors and nanotechnology, just for a start. The research done in the 50s and 60s is just now becoming commercially important.
Of course, we can forget all this brainstorming boodogles, and just let the Japanese and Chinnese do it.
Then we won't have to worry about technical job flight overseas, cause all the new jobs will just start there.

So9

[Winston Smith Jr.]

You can't see anything basic and important in a better understanding of the Periodic Table and how elements are put together and interact?

This research tells us squat about chemical interactions.

It bears on Fission, Fusion, Semiconductors and nanotechnology, just for a start.

Perhaps, wrong, wrong, and wrong.

[anobjectivist]

I see the importance.

However, it's not worth the cost if we have to starve our economy with big-government appropriation.

As far as technology being developed in other countries, if our country was actually free instead of the politically correct, big government, welfare state, minimum wage happy place, people wouldn't have to go to other countries to get what they need.

[from occupied ga]

Of course, we can forget all this brainstorming boodogles, and just let the Japanese and Chinnese do it. Then we won't have to worry about technical job flight overseas, cause all the new jobs will just start there.

As I recall you (so9) were also cheerleading the spending initiative for Bush's space exploration. (Correct me if I have you confused with someone else)

I'm curious. Is there any limit where you will say, "This is just wealth transfer from the harderst working taxpayers to PhDs and engineers?" Is there any sort of government largess to scientists and engineers that you don't approve of?