Will the NDP support more science funding?
Science funding is what built the modern industrial infrastructure upon which profit depends. Profit makers stand on the shoulders of a government that gave them the most advanced satellite system in the world. Republican presidents like Dwight Eisenhower and even Richard Nixon understood this. They used government to make transportation more efficient. They used government to advance the sciences and make major technological advances.
During the postwar years, this nation expanded college access deep into the middle class, giving our great country the most well educated work force in history. This paid major dividends as American corporations lead the world in technological innovation.
The consumer electronics boom of the 80s blossomed into an Internet revolution that changed the world. The initial funding and research for this came out of NASA and the Pentagon.
Even the meteorological technology required by several economic sectors was funded by government. Duh, fighting wars and managing global shipping lanes required that government develop these things. And let's not talk about aerospace technology and Boeing - nor the commercial multiplier effect across sectors like shipping and tourism. Boeing was born as a heavily subsidized sub-sector of the Pentagon budget - but now it is an insanely profitable business. In its early years it lacked capital, and there wasn't any collection of private interests that had an incentive to invest in it. The amount required was too big, and it required years of debt and protectionism that only government could provide. And let's not talk about who protects Exxon's oil fields, or who stabilizes the globe militarily so that our corporations can have access to raw materials and labor markets in dangerous parts of the globe.
And what about the government run patent system which business craves. Or the legal system to ensure reliable transactions. Or the roads that bring consumers and goods to market. Or the water systems and energy grids, all developed in the public's dims before being seeded to profit makers.
The leading Republican candidate for president has used government bailouts and bankruptcy assistance for his failed business ventures. And what about the entire banking and credit systems which get practically no interest loans through the Fed discount window so that they can lend it out and make a killing? All of this is provided by government or quasi/government entities. This is why the most powerful players in the free market have built a lobbying empire in Washington - so they can suck the public dry. Socialize the cost and risk then privatize profit - then grease talk radio to cover it up and distract people with the culture war. Brilliant.
If government didn't exist, the free market would invent it so that it would have subsidies, bailouts, infrastructure and defense for its profit.
Study history people.