We at FR should set up a charitable organization for the exploration of fussion technologies., or lobby the government to include a section on U.S. tax forms to accept donations for basic research. Get the president to promote it as a way to ensure American dominance of science. Any money made from the successful application of technologies from such a program could be redistributed to the donors in amounts proportional to their contribution to the program.
As a physics major, I of course agree we should step up the funding to physics.