Madison wrote that the executive branch is the branch most prone to war, and, therefore, was studied--we gave that power to the legislature.
I think that is very troublesome.
What we need to do is have less silly research so we take our precious dollars that we have and they are spent more wise...
I remember as a kid in the 1970s seeing Senator William Proxmire describe waste such as this as he gave his Golden Fleec...
I just see no reason at all taxpayer money would go to that, period.
That is absurd.
I am concerned that the government system of supporting research is inefficient and often incentivizes the wrong things,...
It does not sound very objective.
Let us not say that it is not silly. It is silly.
I think we ought to consider that you should not get to pick the people approving your money.
There is a possibility these studies are not silly and we need better titles so they are not silly, or there is a possib...