Reply #13: It's Redirecting The Research Money [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

There are a lot of great projects underway in the area of bio-genetic research that holds tremendous promise and has been the result of billions already spent. The problem is that the money doesn't go directly from the government to research, but now a lot comes through pharacutical and other outside companies who stand to benefit from any patents or other profit making opportunities that come out of this reasearch. A lot of government money now goes to the corporates and then into the research...and then once the patents are granted, the public has to wait 14-28 years for patents to expire for the prices on the drugs and procedures of this research to be affordable.

I'd rather reframe your question about directing the money to education. Imagine how many tuitions 3 trillion would pay for...how many new doctors, reasearchers and other advancements.