> What do these words even mean, and why should taxpayers pay for that?

Yeah why would you want your neighbours to be smart and well rounded when they can be dumb and obedient corporate drones instead.

We're already seeing the effect of this "nothing is useful unless it makes ME money" mentality, I personally don't want more of it

> What do these words even mean, and why should taxpayers pay for that?

Let's close social security, healthcare, pensions, it's expensive and a net negative to the economy. All we need is AI and defense actually!