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user-inactivated  ·  3909 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science - NY Times

Lets see . . .

Bill Gates [mentioned in the article] and Paul Allen - both of Microsoft, a company known for violations of anti-trust laws . . .

Perelman, Black, Milken - a FELON, and Steyer all Wall Street players . . . is the lack of tax on Wall Street trading not a form of corporate welfare?

Harold Hamm and David Koch both have their hands in oil, and indeed, the oil industry is famous for it's corporate welfare and I would suggest, rightly or otherwise that the Koch Machine depends on it

In this age of Global Warming does it really make any sense at all that we will allow a small handful of billionaires to set science priorities for the entire United States?

Because honestly, I don't think that it does . . .





user-inactivated  ·  3909 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Obviously you're not wrong when it comes to any of them, but

    In this age of Global Warming does it really make any sense at all that we will allow a small handful of billionaires to set science priorities for the entire United States?

Depends what you mean by 'sense'. The priorities come from the money, period. And I'd rather they be spending money on something science-related than just about anything else. I'll deal with conflict of interest and an utter moral void later.

user-inactivated  ·  3908 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The priorities come from the money, period.

but the money is controlled by this select group of individuals - some of whom as has been noted are felons . . . Since they control the money, the way they choose to allocate it helps shape priorities . . .

    And I'd rather they be spending money on something science-related than just about anything else.

well, since you put it that way . . .