In Australia we are fairly lucky in this regard, our government is 'mostly' good, for some value of mostly at least. I'm not saying it couldn't be more efficient but definitely more efficient than research institutions needing to market to the broad public for funding.
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I didn't know it worked that way, that seems.. unintuitive to say the least heh.
Hopefully not $900 Epi Pen profitable, though...
What if they cut your taxes? Then you can spend your money on anything you think might benefit mankind instead.
If the government cuts taxes but at the same time prohibits an activity I can't then use the money I've saved by paying less tax on that banned activity.
For some things it does work. I could spend the money on recreational drugs, for example, because they are available, however I don't personally know any stem cell therapy practitioners, nor any who are prepared to flout the law.
Edit: removed a word because it made a sentence ambiguous
They just aren't too keen on spending money on the good of mankind however.