This actually works incredibly poorly or very well depending on your opinion if you just applied it to random problems in the US that are like micro issues.

Toilet clogged? Reagan’s fault

Science is also for artificers.

Also people aren’t necessarily able to monetize their interest in science. Maybe if there were no barriers like people needing to pay for education, food, shelter, transportation, medical care, and the air they breathe then maybe a larger portion of those people would be the mage they want to be or at least closer to it. As it stands you are right, but things can be different than they are right now

“They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them”