The view of how much money this actually is is seriously skewed in these comments. US GDP is around $19 trillion. The cost of this program is 0.1% of GDP. For comparison, the B2 bomber cost $2.4B itself, and the Iraq was cost upwards of $12B a month. One can argue "we shouldn't spend on those either" (and I agree), but it's impossible to cogently argue that this is a lot of money. Like the budgets of the NEA and many other very cheap programs, it's an absolute pittance. A pittance.