We're #....... last?

Article written 2005.. if anyone think this has gotten better since then.. you're kidding yourself.

http://citypages.com/2005-02-23/news/no-1

Here's one excerpt that pains me and should pain everyone...

• "The European Union leads the U.S. in...the number of science and engineering graduates; public research and development (R&D) expenditures; and new capital raised" (The European Dream, p.70).
• "Europe surpassed the United States in the mid-1990s as the largest producer of scientific literature" (The European Dream, p.70).
• Nevertheless, Congress cut funds to the National Science Foundation. The agency will issue 1,000 fewer research grants this year (NYT, Dec. 21, 2004).