Humanity as a whole is fighting tenaciously against the process of natural selection at every turn. The coddling of those without enough sense to care for themselves, let alone those around them, is adding even more unrealistic beliefs in an entitlement-driven, litiginous society. Believe me, I'm all for cutting any and all funding to search for any Near Earth Objects 'cause we certainly deserve a good smack from a large asteroid. Reducing the planetary populace by a huge chunk and going into survival mode may just wake up whoever is left.