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im gonna try that argument with my wife
"listen honey, can i spend 100 bucks we dont have on my duster?
i know we dont have it, but we're spending 1800 a month on a mortgage and this is way less then that"
see my problem with that reasoning?
not completely ignorant, i know about WD-40
but does the US government get royalties off a can of WD-40?
do the feds own stock in Garmin?
if i buy LEDs does a chunk of that go the treasury for more then taxes?
why is the taxpayer funding all this R&D for stuff without getting a return on investment?
im not against these inventions, and im not saying its bad they were invented
i AM saying i dont think it is the right place to spend money
simple as that
It's not as simple as that, you clearly don't understand the reality. So yes, your opinion is misinformed and based out of ignorance, your view is dramatically over simplistic.
First, NASA does own patents.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...lable-in-public-domain-to-benefit-us-industry
Second, the government DOES make money off of those inventions in the form of taxes. The commercial businesses that make those technologies pay taxes. They employ thousands of people, who also pay income taxes. And then when you buy those items, YOU pay taxes in the form of sales tax (at least in a lot of places). And all of that money goes back to the government, both federal and local. It's more lucrative than if the government just collected money off the patents.
And lastly, the government wouldn't hold all those patents anyway. Many are developed by private industry on contract with the government to begin with, so, the contracted businesses own the patents for those inventions to begin with. NASA doesn't have the budget to develop a lot of that stuff in house anymore, so it's almost all contract work. If NASA were better funded, they would own more of those patents themselves and that money would go back to NASA's budget. But since NASA is so underfunded, the contractors develop a lot of the tech. But even then, those companies benefit, sell items developed with that technology, all of which generates taxes and fuels the economy.
It's better money spent than most of what the government spends money on.
