(January 14, 2013 at 2:19 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: I've seen it put forth on these forums that cutting programs, regardless of actual budgetary constraints/usage, should be done.I've said it before and I'll say it again, and again, and again until I'm blue in the face. Yanks are stupid, spoiled, wasteful and ignorant. So you don't want to make any sacrifices for your country's future and for the future wellbeing of your children and grandchildren? You'd rather spend money that you don't have now, then let your children enjoy their own money?
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.
It is a fucked up world we live in.
Every single cent in the US federal budget is money you don't have. "Budget cuts"? What budget cuts, what budget, why do you deserve to have a budget with over 20 Trillion USD in public debt?
