Research and Silliness

Have you ever realized how much money our governments put into worthless research? Just today, I heard that it has been scientifically proven that the color red sticks in the brain better. Now, there are thousands of other papers about that kind of research, government-funded mind you. That is a prime example of our tax dollars at work. I know that running a country is tedious work, but shouldn't we be helping the poor or making cancer drugs instead of finding out what color sticks in the mind better or how long it takes to break a bad habit? We'd like to think that our country is well enough off to to those kinds of things, but open your eyes! It's not! Just cause we have one of the greatest standards of living on the planet doesn't mean it's all good! I know we all say "it's all good" a lot. But if you look around, there are homeless on the streets, starving people two houses over, and people barely making enough next door! It makes me sick.