So, the current system generates net income for the government, but you’re claiming it needs to be changed in order to do so?

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philwelch 8 months ago | parent [-]

I would actually question the assumption that it still does. It's not obvious whether it does or doesn't, because the payoff horizon is in the very long term.

	▲	hedora 8 months ago \| parent [-]
		Well, last year it generated more than the sum of all the money speant since what, WWII? Research funding is really cheap compared to everything else the government does.