Comment by tw600040
3 days ago
Research anything and everything on your own dime. if it's taxpayer's money, then yes, it has to have at least a probability of profitability.
3 days ago
Research anything and everything on your own dime. if it's taxpayer's money, then yes, it has to have at least a probability of profitability.
If it could be profitable, the private sector would fund it.
Government funding can help with things that we decide are good for society, but not quite profitable financially.
Examples: CDC lead exposure research, Earthquake Early Warning System… even the tech we use today came out of non-commercialized funding (NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography and ARPANET).
And if there is a probability of profitability then there is a market to sell that opportunity for capital.
But in a high interest rate environment some ideas just arent worth exploring.
generating private profits are the best use of public money?
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