Afx I think conceptually your idea is okay but in a practical sense it is not.
First off, why should tax dollars be used? Doesn’t it follow that in a capitalistic society enterprising people should be able to come up with splutions that make money shouldn’t they. If I extend your argument should we use tax dollars to support car companies to build more efficient cars? Should tax dollars be used to generate investment in any and all emerging technology that will help the world or promise profits?
Where do you draw the line?
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Unfortunately I am not going to be an apologist for our advancement. The argument that my children should be indebted to pay for our advancement makes no sense. Should they pay reparations for slavery? Should german kid be penalized because their relatives of the past killed millions of people? It does not wash.
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Finally to think that countries like india or China are going to rush to buy this made in america exclusive technology is wishful thinking. First off shouldn’t the taxpayers get the money? Second off there is this little company in China called wawei… You would think that as chinese and indian countries develop they would buy all of our electronics right? After all we developed them right?
Let me ask you has it worked out that way?
No it has not.
Again in the real world I believe it doesn’t work out how you want it to. The real world competes.
