>The percent that the companies I buy software and hardware from spend on their R&D.
And many of them benefit from government-funded R&D. Do you make sure to not do business with these companies? Or are you a hypocrit, railing against government R&D while nevertheless grabbing onto the bennies with both hands?
>> What high-risk science does your company do?
>I'm not in that business...
And then who is? Or do you simply see your role as that of the vulture?
> nor is appropriate for everyone to be in that business.
But it is, of course, appropriate for the governemnt to be in that business. It's appropriate Consitutionally, economically and ethically.
Not relevant. They'd benefit a lot more if they had the use of the money the government charged them for all of the horse crap "research" that it funds.
But it is, of course, appropriate for the governemnt to be in that business.
not really
It's appropriate Consitutionally, economically and ethically.
Another opinion of yours stated like a fact. To a statist there isn't anything that the government does that isn't "appropriate Consitutionally, economically and ethically" I read the constitution just the other day and I couldn't find anything about research (and don't give me that common good crap)