Fred J. McCall wrote:
jacob navia wrote:

Perhaps you could explain why the following are 'stimulus' and don't
belong in a general appropriations bill, instead?

:The republicans forced following cuts from the recovery package:
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: $50 million for NASA
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:• $50 million for aeronautics
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:• $50 million for exploration
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:• $50 million for Cross Agency Support
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:• $200 million for National Science Foundation
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:• $100 million for science
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:Another cut introduced by republicans is
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:• $98 million for school nutrition
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:Yes. We see here where the enemies of republicans are.

As I explained to your "space cadet" fellow republican:

For republicans, all is simple:

The economy doesn't include space, science or technology. The economy
consists on making tax cuts for poor billionaires. That will
stimulate them to hire one more chauffeur, one more nanny for their
kids, and that is better for the economy.

The solution for everything during the republican administration was
to give tax cuts to the rich.

The money thus spent was (in billions of dollars):

2001 3.9
2002 38.9
2003 71.2
2004 87.3
2005 64.5
2006 70.9
2007 72.6
2008 79.5
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TOTAL 488.8 BILLIONS spent already.

In that context, spending 98 million (not even 0.01% of that) in
school nutrition is a preposterous idea.

With just current spending that makes for more than 30 YEARS of
NASA (Assuming a 15 billion NASA budget).

(Source http://www.ctj.org/pdf/gwbdata.pdf)

Science belongs in a recovery plan because it gives the TOOLS
for staging that recovery. By developing new technologies like
solar power from space, new economic branches could be developed.
The development of alternative energy needs basic research, it is
not a done thing.

The U.S. President promised to give science the place it deserves
and he is (oh surprise) keeping that promise. Republicans can't
stand science or scientific thought. It is a waste of valuable
money that could be given to their friends.

Note that the 600 million that the original bill proposed and I
listed in my message is only around 3% of the 18 billion
Wall street received this year in bonuses for getting their
country into the depression!

They surely earned that bonus!

Isn' it Mr McCall?
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