Public funding for science has generally been growing. It was cut a bit in 2009, but that's the extent of it.
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy2013/hist13pDefNon.pdf
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy2013/hist13pAgcyRes.pdf
I don't know where to find stats for private R&D - do you?
Public funding for science has generally been growing. It was cut a bit in 2009, but that's the extent of it.
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy2013/hist13pDefNon.pdf
http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/fy2013/hist13pAgcyRes.pdf
I don't know where to find stats for private R&D - do you?