Do you have any idea where our society would be if we never had any grant money? It would still be the dark ages.

You really think if people like you got a check instead of grants going to research we would be better off?

I know a lot of those scientists that folks seem to talk crap about a lot these days and they make less than a plumber so please don't act like these people are in some ivory tower with an unlimited supply of money. This is absolutely not the case.

If you really want to fix you money problems in the university system, look to admin, just like every other business in the world, don't look to the guys that actually get their hands dirty in the field or in the lab, that is grunt work.