Joe Strout wrote:

:In article .com,
: "Mark R. Whittington" wrote:
:
: Recently, Senator Hillary Clinton revealed her science agenda. Of
: great interest to people involved in making and debating space policy
: were the three bullets concerning the space program. To be brief and
: to the point, Hillary's agenda would be terrible news for anyone who
: supports space exploration and space commerce.
:
: http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...declares_war_o
: n_space.html
:
:Wow -- you've got a serious axe to grind. She's planning an ambitious
:space exploration program, reversing funding cuts to NASA's R&D budget,
:and funding NASA's Earth Sciences program, and this is "declaring war on
:space exploration," is it?
:
:Out of curiosity, what would you call it if she proposed to actually
:*reduce* NASA's budget?

As I read it, she *is* proposing to actually reduce NASA's budget.
She's just calling that reduction 'more balance'.


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