tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216488136011097343.post7299108131578151545..comments2024-01-01T13:10:41.353-05:00Comments on New Voices for Research: Recovery Package BreakdownNew Voiceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12392259335359494831noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216488136011097343.post-45739920504057939702009-02-11T15:18:00.000-05:002009-02-11T15:18:00.000-05:00I saw that too. It is hard to know what exactly c...I saw that too. It is hard to know what exactly caused sections of the bill to get cut in one place or another. <BR/><BR/>My personal opinion is that there are two distinct reasons behind physics research being cut over health research:<BR/><BR/>1. It is a heck of a lot easier to defend spending on health research to constituents than money spent on an apparatus like the large hadron collider - regardless of the value to science.<BR/><BR/>2. The health community is pushing - hard. Advocates speaking up and calling their members of Congress really do make a difference. <BR/><BR/>We could also talk about congressional champions or the history of cut funding in biomedical research that needs to be recovered. No one will ever really know for sure though because while this stimulus is about the U.S. economy, it's being put together by politicians. Politics will always be politics, whether we like it or not.Heather Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779044908445811888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216488136011097343.post-49787660937991590012009-02-11T15:04:00.000-05:002009-02-11T15:04:00.000-05:00I saw an interesting article yesterday about the b...I saw an interesting article yesterday about the breakdown of the sciences. The post is here: http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/physics-vs-medicine-in-stimulus-bill/<BR/><BR/>It discusses how the physical sciences have been dealt a blow in the Senate version of the bill.H Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211753512168655218noreply@blogger.com