Where does my tax money go?

Sometimes I feel as though reading is doing more harm than good to my psyche. I read today about a research study done on polar bears showing that organohalogen compounds may cause shrinking in male and female sexual organs. The polar bears affected live in Greenland and Russia. The report stated that the affected species list was not limited to these noted polar bears but included the arctic fox, killer whales, and pilot whales. By this research team's findings, we can extrapolate that even a slight decrease in size of either the male or female genitalia, reproduction for these species could be difficult if not impossible.

All living creatures, especially those who do not have sentient thought, deserve protection of some form. The study shows that the polar bears, arctic foxes, killer whales, and pilot whales eat the ringed and bearded seals, which carry the organohalogen compounds. In turn, the affected animals are likely to begin diminshing because of these shrunken sexual organs.

My thoughts on the subject are as follows: Quit giving grants to people who do research on the mating habits and potential problems associated of mammals that don't directly affect the viability of the USA. This particular group of people may not have been funded by American dollars because the research group is based in Denmark, but many other researchers are getting my tax money to research the advanced mating habits of the random mammal. Why? Because if they can prove that it will improve the lives of Americans in general, the US government will grant money to their cause.

Now, I have to rant on a different, associated topic. These researchers write verbose, confusing theses on their topic of interest in order to obtain a grant. These theses are then sent to some uneducated government worker who reads them and determines the viability of the potential grant project. First, we need to have experienced, well-educated people determining where the grant money goes. Second, we need to eliminate the needless spending of money to save the random moth or any other wantonly sought extinction fight. If we can stop the useless grant seekers, who, in essence, are identical to the career college students or government handout whore, from obtaining free money for wasteful projects, maybe we can focus on domestic issues. It's our money and it should go toward our betterment. We must pull the 2x4 out of our eye before we can point out the grain of sand in another country's.