[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.

[Servant of the 9]

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

Right now our economy is wallowing in more money than is good for us.
That is why the Prime Rate is 1%.
When the Prime gets above 10%, then there is cause to worry about starving the economy by government competition for available funds.

So9