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I do, and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

If I could legally hypothecate my entire tax payment to science funding, I would. Science research has a high overall economic multiplier and frankly I'm sick of how one political tendency in the US has chosen to clothe itself in ignorance for political gain. It's contemptible.

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> If I could legally hypothecate my entire tax payment to science funding

That is literally the opposite of how taxes work though. Other people decide how your money is spent. If your financial situation was that of the US govt [0] I also don't think you would act the way you say with your earnings.

[0] https://www.usdebtclock.org/

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