Basic research is valuable because its potential applications are often impossible to predict when the research is first conducted.

“The nature of basic research is you can't tell where it's gonna go.”

Government investment in science and technology is a high-return strategy that is critical for American economic competitiveness.

“The best return on investment for a tax payer dollar, one of the best ones you could get in government investments is in things like The National Institute of Health, in such things investing in science.”

Oklahoma's poor national ranking in education is a direct result of long-term Republican failure to invest in the state's people and future.

“Well, we're already seeing that happen in Oklahoma. We're 50th in the nation for education. We're nearly at the bottom for healthcare. There is not true economic prosperity in this state. And that's because Republicans have been in control for nearly two decades.”

Government grants are a valuable tool for schools because they allow students to learn a trade and secure employment, which benefits the government through tax revenue.

“the purpose of this grant is to get you off government benefits, get you into a livable wage, learn the new skill set, get in the trade, and start making decent money because they want your feature taxes forever.”

A small increase in NASA's federal budget share would significantly accelerate space exploration goals like human missions to Mars.

“I would say let's go wild and make NASA 0.6 percent of the federal budget and that would be a huge amount of money 50% increase yeah a huge amount of money for NASA but really not that still that much of the federal budget”

The stimulus approach is too heavily skewed towards bailing out large corporate entities rather than supporting average Americans, and lacks a coherent long-term strategy.

“I think that if we're gonna take two years to get back to normal and I really do think it's two years because Jason a lot of the fears that you expressed people will have as lingering doubts and will prevent them from being at a hundred percent which means businesses will not be at a hundred percent”

The government should use a more direct, consumer-focused stimulus, such as providing UBI or salary guarantees to every American, rather than bailing out corporations in a haphazard way.

“there's nothing stopping us from saying well you know what why don't we do 10 percent 10 cents of every dollar why don't we do 15 cents of every dollar to Americans I really think this is the way that you limit the amount of waste that's going to happen”