[ghastmaster]

There are alternatives to taxation. With enough attention and disposable income, citizens can privately fund amazing things. Like the polio vaccine was.

Alternatives: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-profit_space_age...

[comicjk]

Regardless of what funding mechanism you would prefer in its place, turning off the existing system with no transition plan is a huge mistake.

[jfengel]

You mean the polio vaccine distributed by the World Health Organization, and developed with the assistance of the New York Public Health Department?

[ghastmaster]

The Jonas Salk research and development of the first polio vaccine that saved many lives is what I am referring to. See quote and article below.

>There was very little government funding for any kind of biomedical research. The polio research was privately funded through the March of Dimes,” explained Randy Juhl, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the School of Pharmacy.

https://www.pittwire.pitt.edu/pittwire/features-articles/ann...