Again, That's a problem for you.
Actually it's a problem for everyone. The techology of our species as a whole is made up of efforts from many countries. If technological innovation in a country falls it not only lowers that countries economy and esteem, but it also reduces the pace of global technological innovation.
My country (UK) is quite poor when it comes to research, I don't even think we're in the top 15 :(
I am glad the US is churning out so many innovations and research inititives as it makes up the most significant part of global technology inventions. I wish my country had the motivation to put more effort in when it came to research. But all the money gets wasted on socialist programs instead.