I’ve never been fond of government sponsored research and am even less so right now.
I honestly feel that diabetes research, heart disease research, etc. should be privately funded, and not funded by the government.
I even feel that way about space research these days — it was different when it was a defense related thing, but it isn’t now. In fact, I just said to my husband that putting money into going to Mars right now, is like buying a plasm TV when you can’t make the mortgage payment.
I think we’re much better off if we, as a government spend money for educating everyone rather than working on special interest projects. Of course, I’m a teacher … but I wouldn’t be teaching in public school if I didn’t believe that.