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Title: GOP Budget Cutters on NASA: 8%…50%…It’s All Good
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URL Source: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2011/01 ... p-budget-cutters-1850its-good/
Published: Jan 19, 2011
Author: Doug Messieron
Post Date: 2011-01-28 11:55:34 by Godwinson
Keywords: NASA
Views: 53554
Comments: 60
GOP Budget Cutters on NASA: 8%…50%…It’s All Good Republican budget cutters are preparing to take an axe to the federal budget trunk — and anyone (low- income students, rocket scientists, the newly disabled) who gets in the way. It’s part of an effort to fulfill a campaign promise to cut $100 billion from domestic discretionary spending. Just how bad would the cuts be for NASA? Legislators are actually targeting $84 billion in cuts, a reduction of 18 percent that would return spending to 2008 levels. NASA’s funding would be cut about 8 percent from $18.93 billion to $17.4 billion. However, some Republicans outside of government are advocating a much steeper reduction — by 50 percent to $9.47 billion. The Los Angeles Times reports: “A return to 2008 levels would mean significant cuts for lots of programs favored by Republicans, including an 8 percent cut to NASA, a 16 percent cut for the FBI and a 13 percent cut in the operating budget of the national parks… Republicans in Texas, Florida and Alabama — where NASA facilities mean thousands of jobs — are sure to fight against cuts to the space agency. NASA could have to abandon the International Space Station because of the cuts, the White House warns.” Meanwhile, former Congressman Dick Armey believes the proposed cuts are far too low. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed co-authored with FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe, Armey argues that NASA’s budget should be cut by 50 percent, saving $90 billion over a decade. While such a drastic cut is unlikely, NASA is facing considerable budget pressures as legislators focus on getting the federal deficit under control. Asked about the space agency’s budget prospects earlier this week, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden replied: “That’s hard to say. I’ll be able to answer that question for you better in the middle of February, when we get our budget. It would be premature for me to try to guess. It may be that the Congress decides that they really think exploration is really important … and we’ll find the level of funding is OK.” We’ll see what happens. Postedby Doug Messieron January 19, 2011, at 12:11 pmi
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#1. To: Rudgear, go65, lucysmom (#0)
Well I can tell what happens = Rudgear and delusional right wingers blame Obama for cutting NASA's budget (in racists tones) when it is his very dear Republican party scumbags that are doing it because raising taxes on Paris Hilton to fund space exploration is evil. FU Republican scumbags and your lies that you say. I don't know at this point if they lie on purpose or they live in the delusional world of "truthiness" where what they claim to know is intuitively "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts.
BTW, the whole 'racism' accusation doesn't work with me.
Yes, Obama killed big government programs to focus on efforts to privatize space launches. Obviously this makes him a socialist.
Please provide REAL evidence to back your claims. A lack of substantiation on your part, I will take as an admission from you, that you are (once again) talking out your ass...
Please provide REAL evidence to back your claims. It just goes to prove you, Eric don't really base your positions on facts, just truthiness, It is very clear Eric you just assume stuff based on some formula in your head - who knows? http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10445227-239.html Obama ends moon program, endorses private spaceflight All it took was a second to google it up and if you half paid attention to news you would have known this. So here you have Obama shifting space to the private sector and you right wing small govt types are still clueless. It is I feel a mistake to privatize NASA but that is besides the point.
ME:Please provide REAL evidence to back your claims. Your reply, in an attempt to support your feeble socialist buddy go56? I asked you to provide evidence. Why? Because whenever I hear a claim where oBUMa killed ANY government program, I know it's bullshit. He's a socialist, who believes in BIGGER government. So this is against his very nature. In other words, your claim that he "killed big government programs" fails the sniff-test. It's shit. NOW... I DO give credit where due. You tried to provide evidence. And WHAT did the evidence you provide say? Does it say that he "killed big government programs..."? Well, it actually said: So "pump[ing] an additional $6 billion into NASA's budget is what you call "killing" it. Instead of googling a propaganda piece, let's look at NASA's own budget documents. Try http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/420990main_FY_201_% 20Budget_Overview_1_Feb_2010.pdf Please examine slide #3, where it says: Highlights of NASA’s FY 2011 Budget h56; Top line increase of $6.0 billion over 5-years (FY 2011-15) compared to the FY 2010 Budget, for a total of $100 billion over five years. So increasing their budget is "killing" it, huh? Your statement- that Obama KILLED the bloated NASA program by increasing its funding for the next four years... Has been demonstrated false. YOU FAIL, Black Knight. AGAIN.
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#2. To: Godwinson (#1)
Barack Obama plan kills moon funding; NASA Constellation, Ares, Orion: RIP
#23. To: Rudgear, Godwinson (#2)
Barack Obama plan kills moon funding; NASA Constellation, Ares, Orion: RIP BTW, the whole 'racism' accusation doesn't work with m
#24. To: go65 (#23)
Yes, Obama killed big government programs to focus on efforts to privatize space launches.
#26. To: Capitalist Eric, go65 (#24)
Yes, Obama killed big government programs to focus on efforts to privatize space launches.
#38. To: Godwinson (#26)
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go56: Yes, Obama killed big government programs to focus on efforts to privatize space launches.
It just goes to prove you, Eric don't really base your positions on facts, just truthiness, It is very clear Eric you just assume stuff based on some formula in your head - who knows? http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3- 10445227-239.html Obama ends moon program, endorses private spaceflight
Requesting some $19 billion for NASA in fiscal 2011, the administration announced plans to pump an additional $6 billion into NASA's budget over the next five years to kick-start development of a new commercial manned spaceflight capability, including some $500 million in 2011. ... some $7.8 billion will be earmarked for new technology development, ... Another $3.1 billion will support development of new propulsion technologies needed by future heavy-lift rockets. And $3 billion will go to pay for a series of robotic missions to the moon and beyond to test systems needed for eventual manned flights."
It just goes to prove you, Eric don't really base your positions on facts, just truthiness, It is very clear Eric you just assume stuff based on some formula in your head - who knows?
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