Lord only knows how much more quickly technology and science could develop if corporations were taxed less and those companies could fund projects on their own? Could you imagine the innovation and progress if there wasn't giant government bureaucracies attached to some of that public spending? Your analysis doesn't really offer a fair comparison. It's utter nonsense to believe that these innovations would have occurred solely with government funds at the scale with see them. It's certainly hypocritical to be pro-socialism while you sip lattes from Starbucks, using your iPhone.