Why cuts everywhere, regardless of budget, is lunacy
January 14, 2013 at 2:19 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2013 at 2:19 pm by Autumnlicious.)
I've seen it put forth on these forums that cutting programs, regardless of actual budgetary constraints/usage, should be done.
I said it was fucking stupid then, and I'll say it now -- cuts for the sake of cuts is not being fiscally conservative.
It's fiscal stupidity, as the loss of opportunity and intellectual property is absolutely assured while significant savings to the federal budget is not.
I said it was fucking stupid then, and I'll say it now -- cuts for the sake of cuts is not being fiscally conservative.
It's fiscal stupidity, as the loss of opportunity and intellectual property is absolutely assured while significant savings to the federal budget is not.
Quote:The “continuing resolution” that Congress passed in the fall, which allowed the government to avoid a shutdown, only runs until March. It includes a 10% across-the-board budget cut to everything. That includes most of the critical medical research in the U.S.REF: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzbe...-research/
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A 10% cut from the NIH budget (the so-called “sequester” plan) would save 0.008% of the federal budget. This matters not a whit in the overall budget debate – but it would be a huge blow to biomedical research, crippling some research programs for years to come.
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