3% of total GDP?! That's HUGE.

Obama and science: The 3% solution

Obama Vows Big Outlays for Research

In a speech on Monday at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, President Obama presented a vision of a new era in research financing comparable to the Sputnik-period space race, in which intensified scientific inquiry, and development of the intellectual capacity to pursue it, are a top national priority.

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