Great, you're simply saying that pretty much all of science has the same importance as 10% of all other work being done. And you consider budget as a measure of output.
All that in the context of a conversation about technological breakthroughs, mind you.
By that metric, someone like Richard Feynman has produced less important work than your average run-of-the-mill engineer with a slightly higher salary.
Did you time-travel here from the USSR? The leadership there had similar ideas back in the day.
This is becoming very entertaining at this point.
Highly recommend, A+++, 10/10.
"Impact is hard to measure, so let's take budget as a proxy" has got to be the hottest take of the year, and yes, I'm aware it's January.