>>Remember what I said: the results won't belong to the people, as no tax money will go straight into research. It will go in roundabout way, through at least three channels (Medicare plan D, protection of overpriced drugs from competition from abroad, and later through the much higher price of the end products), but that'll all be proprietary. Your genes will eventually be owned.
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>>So it's murder when done with our money, but perfectly legal when done by Wall Street.
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>Whatever you do, do not invest in the companies who are actively working in biomedial fields dealing with stem cells. Just keep bitching about how the government should fund everything.

Is this the "if you can't beat them, join them" thing? The prez said it's murder... why should I invest in that? Are you seriously suggesting you would?

Anyway, the difference is the same. There are so many things invented by tax money that still make huge profits for private sector.