[IP] NSF and NIH among targets for budget trims
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:39:46 -0500
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Subject: NSF and NIH among targets for budget trims
Peter Harsha's CRA Computing Policy Blog [1] notes a
Washington Times article [2] discussing targets for federal
budget trims. The story lumps "scientific research" in with
"other low-priority and no-priority programs" among those to
be cut. NSF and NIH are specifically mentioned.
"...Mr. Bush gave a peek into his budget plans last week when
he told The Washington Times his spending blueprint was
"going to be tough." That message was underscored by White
House Chief of Staff Andrew Card, who told the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce that Mr. Bush will exert "very, very strong
discipline" on next year's spending. "That discipline will
be there big time," Mr. Card told business leaders.
Among the budget-cutting targets: the bloated Agriculture
Department, corporate welfare, scientific research,
housing, state and local giveaway grants, and other
low-priority and no-priority programs that will be slashed
or eliminated altogether.
...
The National Science Foundation's social research grants,
long criticized as wasteful, will be cut and NSF's overall
spending is expected to be flatlined. So will the National
Institutes of Health, which has seen its budget skyrocket
over the past decade, especially in the past four
years. "That discipline will be there big time," Mr. Card
told business leaders. ..."
[1] http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/
[2] http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20050116-095826-9700r.htm
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