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Trump budget: 20% cut to NIH
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:55 am
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:55 am
Wasn't he raving about funding to cure for diseases, cancer, and eliminate lots of FDA regulatory hurdles.
Now he is slashing Biomedical Research by 20%. Hopefully congress will block this
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Now he is slashing Biomedical Research by 20%. Hopefully congress will block this
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NIH research fuels the pipeline of discovery and innovation necessary to prevent, treat and cure our most vexing diseases and it has a significant economic impact, supporting more than 350,000 jobs across the United States and contributing some $60 billion annually in economic activity ….
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Across NIH, because most of the agency’s budget goes to annual payments for ongoing grants, a nearly 20% cut could leave virtually no funding for new awards in fiscal year 2018, Hudson says. “The nation would lose research and researchers in a way that would not be recoverable,” Hudson says. “It is pretty terrifying.”
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:56 am to Northwestern tiger
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“The nation would lose research and researchers in a way that would not be recoverable,” Hudson says. “It is pretty terrifying.”
Fear mongering.
I suspect that the 20% will be lowered. Start high and meet in the middle.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:56 am to Northwestern tiger
You think a 20% cut in federal funding means we won't have research?
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:56 am to Northwestern tiger
in your face NIH
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:57 am to roadGator
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Fear mongering.
Standard tactic for every organization that is about to get cut.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:57 am to 90proofprofessional
quote:Those vaccines are getting in the way of like 1/4 of an F-35
in your face NIH
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:58 am to Iosh
oh NIH does vaccines? i thought he just posted here
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:58 am to 90proofprofessional
I'd be willing to bet they could lose 35% funding and still do exactly what their purpose is. Anybody that has worked in government realizes how much waste there is.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 10:59 am to Northwestern tiger
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Trump budget: 20% cut to NIH
Now he's going after New Iberia Haircuts?!
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:01 am to Northwestern tiger
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This post was edited on 1/10/21 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:01 am to Northwestern tiger
yes elections have consequences or hadn't you heard?
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:01 am to Northwestern tiger
I love it how every government agency that has seen the threats of cuts comes out proclaiming that they are this huge producer for our economy. I'm pretty sure if they were all telling the truth then our country wouldn't be $20T in the hole right?
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:02 am to member12
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You think a 20% cut in federal funding means we won't have research?
Are you slow?
You will have research, the acceleration in drug discoveries disease treatemtn will slow down tremendously. 20% cut means no new grant funding. This is barely enough to keep old grants going.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:03 am to 90proofprofessional
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in your face NIH
yeah please remember that when you have a tumor up your anus.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:04 am to upgrayedd
Trump would never hurt us Baws
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:05 am to Northwestern tiger
quote:lolz at all of this
supporting more than 350,000 jobs across the United States and contributing some $60 billion annually in economic activity ….
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:06 am to Northwestern tiger
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yeah please remember that when you have a tumor up your anus.
The majority of medical discovery comes from the private sector. This thing called incentive and capitalism makes that happen.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:06 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:why?
lolz at all of this
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:06 am to NIH
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Trump would never hurt us Baws
Sorry bro it's going all into military spending
This post was edited on 3/17/17 at 11:07 am
Posted on 3/17/17 at 11:07 am to redfishfan
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I'd be willing to bet they could lose 35% funding and still do exactly what their purpose is. Anybody that has worked in government realizes how much waste there is.
I am a contractor and do work for a Government Agency.
Here is a quick example of waste.
When they move a worker from one cube to another they charge the government $2500. The work is being performed by people all ready employed by the government to do these tasks. This is not a bean counter costing function either because the moves are done as contract mods at additional expense.
The area in which I work had 10 employees moved to another building while they did work on their cubicles and the contract was paid 25000 for the 10 employees being moved and then 25000 when they were moved back 4 days later.
The real egregious part was the employees never actually moved to the other building because they couldn't do work in the other building due to their classified work and lack of access. Instead they were set up in a conference room inside the lab where they were.
These things are not isolated. It is the way the government works.
This post was edited on 3/17/17 at 11:08 am
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