Funding for R&D in the US

@AverageJoe1 said
You said…Tax dollars are raised by government. Government should be spending that revenue to protect all our rights equally.”

What’ pray tell does that mean?

It means exactly what it says. 😆

@sonhouse said
So you are clearly incapable of even understanding what I said much less a reasoned response. You can't even understand the showboading of the UK deal.

Sonhouse…..
An hour ago, Trump signed a bill that will restrict the cost of pharmaceuticals. Everyone in the world pays the same thing for prescriptions. Why, that sounds like socialism to me. Now let us see how you can weave a negative approach into that with all of your raving over these years.

As to what you said that I don’t understand, what I saw you said was that Trump does not have a clue. Does he really not have a clue, he just pulled off this pharmaceutical deal after the UK deal, which deal you say it’s not a deal at all? Sunhouse, Trump is making history. You will see that, you will see the polls go up. You will see the economy come alive. Do you think I should put my money back into the stock market now?
Will you and your friends ever say one nice thing about Trump? And do you really think he does not care about the middle class? Do you mind if he plays golf? Maybe after the UK and pharmaceutical deals, do you think he might get in a round of golf? Get some air?

@spruce112358 said
It means exactly what it says. 😆

Yes, but what does it say?

@wildgrass said
From a Republican senator:
[quote]We should follow two steps: One, policymakers must sufficiently fund federal investment in basic and applied science research as part of the annual congressional appropriations process. The United States’ biotechnology innovators, our electronics wizards and our military leaders uniformly point to the importance of a strong science-and-tec ...[text shortened]...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/24/research-development-china-national-security/

its right there in the article

"and recognize that basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia. "

@AverageJoe1 said
Sonhouse…..
An hour ago, Trump signed a bill that will restrict the cost of pharmaceuticals. Everyone in the world pays the same thing for prescriptions. Why, that sounds like socialism to me. Now let us see how you can weave a negative approach into that with all of your raving over these years.

As to what you said that I don’t understand, what I saw you said was tha ...[text shortened]... after the UK and pharmaceutical deals, do you think he might get in a round of golf? Get some air?

Why don't you do actual research asking just what went on with the so called UK deal? Did you think I was lying about the US having a 10% trade PLUS with UK?
So what happens now? We go down to a FIVE percent trade surplus?
ONE percent? You don't know what you are talking about since you NEVER analyze with your own brain, you gave that up YEARS ago.

@AverageJoe1 said
Yes, but what does it say?

It says: “Tax dollars are raised by government. Government should be spending that revenue to protect all our rights equally.”

Absolutely brilliant prose. So clear. 😆 😆 😆

@AverageJoe1 said
Things change hourly now. Plus, know that he may tell the world what he wants us to think, throwing our competitors off, they subsequently bite, giving him an advantage to pull an end-around, and up-end the whole stack of cards, that Trump has been building. So, this is part of the old crack an egg to make an omelette gambit..
Surely he has advisors who are tellin ...[text shortened]... m or not.
I predict something will come out of China in a couple of days watch that stock market.

You know, if Trump is such a brainiac, why didn't he do better in his first term?

@Mott-The-Hoople said
its right there in the article

"and recognize that basic research isn’t a federal handout to help sustain academia. "

Academia should be sustained in its own right.

Did you know that the biggest cancer research institution IN THE WORLD is Harvard University?

And here is your Orange Pumpkinhead trying to defund it.

@AverageJoe1 said
Sonhouse…..
An hour ago, Trump signed a bill that will restrict the cost of pharmaceuticals. Everyone in the world pays the same thing for prescriptions. Why, that sounds like socialism to me. Now let us see how you can weave a negative approach into that with all of your raving over these years.

As to what you said that I don’t understand, what I saw you said was tha ...[text shortened]... after the UK and pharmaceutical deals, do you think he might get in a round of golf? Get some air?

Sorry, I refuse to say anything nice about a man that supported Elon Musk taking food and medicine away from some of the poorest and neediest people on the planet, just letting them die.

@mike69 said
You could watch some congressional committees questioning, outlining the fraud and wast. Things like using the money for personal use like remodeling their house, buying things, and things not related to r&d like other departments. This has been going on for a very long time, It might help r&d to actually have more money getting rid of that part.

Trumpublican comittees?

Are you serious?

Fraud and waste are nowhere near the levels you claim. Trump and Musk tried to claim the same thing, but they had a wake-up call when it was discovered that the fraud and waste in government agencies doesn't even reach 5%.

If they TRULY wanted to reduce fraud and waste, they could have curtailed how much free money ends up in Musk's companies.

@spruce112358 said
It says: “Tax dollars are raised by government. Government should be spending that revenue to protect all our rights equally.”

Absolutely brilliant prose. So clear. 😆 😆 😆

What do you mean by all of our rights equally, since we are all different in many ways.
Like if a college grad gets money from govt to pay tuitiion, and a person with a car loan gets nothing, is that equal?
I am sorry this question is so complicated, making it hard for you to form an answer.

@Suzianne said
Trumpublican comittees?

Are you serious?

Fraud and waste are nowhere near the levels you claim. Trump and Musk tried to claim the same thing, but they had a wake-up call when it was discovered that the fraud and waste in government agencies doesn't even reach 5%.

If they TRULY wanted to reduce fraud and waste, they could have curtailed how much free money ends up in Musk's companies.

You’re wrong, but it’s easy to understand because you agree with the stupidity a lot of money has been spent on and given away. You don’t want to see truth so you don’t look, along with your liberal news sources that are pathetic and twist it. Your lied to and blinded with hate.

@AverageJoe1 said
What do you mean by all of our rights equally, since we are all different in many ways.
Like if a college grad gets money from govt to pay tuitiion, and a person with a car loan gets nothing, is that equal?
I am sorry this question is so complicated, making it hard for you to form an answer.

The answer is very easy. 😆

We all have the same rights, even though we are all different in many ways.

See how easy that is? Simple! 😆

@spruce112358 said
The answer is very easy. 😆

We all have the same rights, even though we are all different in many ways.

See how easy that is? Simple! 😆

No, no, no.....you can hardly say that the pitiful guy with a $10,000 car loan to pay off has the same rights to treasury money as does the college graduate.
College graduates have rights to treasury money to pay off their tuition.
..........follow me here..............
Guy with car loan has no rights to treasury money to pay off HIS loan.

Tell us how you figure the two debtors have the same rights.

@Suzianne said
Academia should be sustained in its own right.

Did you know that the biggest cancer research institution IN THE WORLD is Harvard University?

And here is your Orange Pumpkinhead trying to defund it.

LOL...damn all you have is lies

https://www.aacr.org/professionals/membership/scientific-working-groups/