Science is tricky. You'd think it was apolitical, cause it's a pursuit of truth, but because most experimental science is dependent on funds from big foundations or govt., those groups can dictate the research. Also, whenever the "leading thinkers" in a field endorse something it constrains the funding to be more along their line of thinking. I think internet funding is important to maintaining the integrity of science going forward, where people can give small donations (or big) like they would for a political campaign, but in this case towards research they find interesting. I also find the state bank (like North Dakota) to be important cause it will decentralize funding and in fact create more funding for new businesses across the board and money for research. Additional benefits include decentralizing govt. and banker control, keeping states solvent in this time of wealth confiscation and centralization (perhaps by design?), and the interest paid actually goes back into your state for additional projects within the state instead of to big bankers without any allegiance to your state.