Biotech Values

[vinmantoo]

Grthz,

Hmm, since 2000, government funding of the military has sky-rocketed. Since 1990, since government funding of research has increased. Since 1990, since government funding of military has sky-rocketed. These are all true but have nothing to do with the point PGS was making about government funding of scientific research since 2003, after which the push for increased research funding essentially stopped.

What also hasn't been factored in is that a significant chunk of the small increase since 2003 has been for salaries and for targeted research rather than basic research. This isn't a good trend and needs to be reversed.