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Re:Is This How We'll Cure Cancer? by CamperBob2 on Thursday May 22, 2014 @09:10PM (#7787533)
I love these sorts of excluded-middle arguments. "Our government wastes hundreds of billions of dollars on war toys that are at best unnecessary and at worst a threat to humanity's continued existence. And as if that weren't bad enough, we have a lot of selfish, wealthy asshats who don't want to give even more of their money to the same government."
Re:Is This How We'll Cure Cancer? by negativity on Friday May 23, 2014 @12:15AM (#7787948)
The food is terrible. ...and such small portions!
Re:Is This How We'll Cure Cancer? by PhasmaFelis on Friday May 23, 2014 @02:19PM (#7790595)
Because not wanting to fund war is exactly the same as not wanting to fund lifesaving cancer research, right?
Re:Is This How We'll Cure Cancer? by CamperBob2 on Friday May 23, 2014 @03:58PM (#7791019)
Yes, it's exactly the same, when you don't trust the government to allocate your tax funds in a sensible manner.

The only diseases governments have helped us with are those addressable by public health programs (and there are quite a few of those, to be fair.) For the rest, no one has ever found a more effective funding mechanism than private industry.