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Taxpayers subsidized technological development

Posted on: July 19, 2016 at 20:57:53 CT

Sleepy MU

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for decades, yet private companies get to make all the profit from our investment.

Taxpayer money was funneled from the Pentagon (mostly) into universities like MIT to develop technologies for the future.

We as the taxpayers don't get financial reward for our investment.

Edited by Sleepy at 20:58:07 on 07/19/16

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Taxpayers subsidized technological development - Sleepy MU - 7/19 20:57:53

MIT isn't a university. It's a corporation. - RHAYWORTH MU - 7/19 21:12:44

I think you're making my point.. - Sleepy MU - 7/19 21:33:32

Nope (nm) - TigerMatt MU

- 7/19 21:45:13

there you go thinking one dimensionally again(nm) - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 7/19 21:59:47

So dumb.(nm) - TigerMatt MU

- 7/19 21:02:38

Can you expand on that? - Sleepy MU - 7/19 21:33:47

You are on Tigerboard which exists because of DARPA. - TigerMatt MU

- 7/19 21:44:59