Andrew Nowicki wrote:

SETI@homers ignore their
failures and have little if any interest in
modifying their search method.

What failure?

Worse yet, they
seem to believe that some extraterrestrial
civilizations have been sending powerful
microwave beams toward the Earth for millions
of years. Why would the extraterrestrial tax
payers support such an effort?

Why should potential extraterrestial civilizations have a tax system, or
currency at all?