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> We should note, GNAT / Adacore were created on the backs of American 
> taxpayers via a grant to New York University. Unfortunately, the 
> taxpayers got the shaft and a profitable business was born to continue 
> the fun.

It's called public-private partnership ;-)
See Tesla or SpaceX for other examples. Is it so bad?
BTW, weren't most early Ada vendors essentially financed by the US DoD?

As a consolation, consider that the American taxpayers have become (at least for a while) minority contributors to the US budget...