[SERKIT]

It creates jobs on Urf, and provides research for improved life here. Many medical adances were a spin-off of the 1960's space technology. That's only one example.

Instead of creating jobs to improve life, they want to expand the welfare state and look like they care.

[Arguendo]

It creates jobs on Urf, and provides research for improved life here.

Sounds like a pretty socialist justification to me.