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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26967)	4/29/2008 8:50:26 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 224713

What happened? The research money was cut. Cut? Have you bought your own groceries lately?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26967)	4/29/2008 11:52:32 AM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224713

There has been a tremendous increase in money spent on alternative energy during the Bush administration. I do not know what has been spent during the past year. Pelosi stated she had a plan during the 2006 election to greatly reduce the price of gas. Gas has skyrocketed since she announced she had a plan...which remains a secret. Do you think she was flat out lying for votes?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26967)	4/30/2008 3:28:29 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224713

Congress has to fund it...the democrats at fault for not funding it, right?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26967)	4/30/2008 3:37:48 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 224713

Funding by sector -- The federal government is expected to spend $25.2 billion funding R&D efforts in 2008, a 1.16 percent increase over the $24.9 billion spent in 2007 -- Industrial investments in R&D are expected to reach $258.7 billion in 2008, an increase of 3.4 percent over 2007 levels of $250.3 billion -- Academia and other non-profits are expected to expend $70.5 billion on R&D in 2008. Academia is forecasted to increase by 5.3 percent from $51.9 billion in 2007 to $54.6 billion in 2008. Non-profit expenditures on R&D are expected to increase by 4.3 percent from $15.3 billion in 2007 to $16 billion in 2008 -- Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDC) is a new category to the annual R&D Forecast. The 36 centers are established by various government agencies and are designed to carry out special long-term research programs on behalf of their parent agencies. Funding for 2007 was $12.7 billion which is expected to drop by 2.3 percent to $12.4 percent in 2008. Federal Outlook Federal support has continued to grow in absolute terms although still lags behind the rapidly growing industrial support. According to federal budget analysis performed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the following funding issues are in play: -- Department of Defense: Overall R&D funding is essentially flat and with a decline of .5 percent or $414 million. However, an additional war supplemental currently before Congress will likely include an additional $3.9 billion for development R&D, which would ultimately provide a 3.2 percent increase over FY 2007. Air Force and Army will see increases while Navy will decline -- Department of Homeland Security will see a 9 percent increase -- National Institutes of Health (NIH) increased its R&D budget by less than 1 percent, or $245 million, to $29.5 billion with increases seen for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) -- Department of Energy: Increase by 7.4 percent largely in the area of renewable energy and energy efficiency technology development -- The American Competitiveness Initiative is expected to have impact in greater funding of the physical sciences and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) educational programs designed to create a broader and deeper teaching of these disciplines throughout the federal government and educational system.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26967)	4/30/2008 3:40:04 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224713

Democrat controlled congress cuts funding: Despite the hype and numerous promises that began 2006, including President Bush's declared plans to curb the United States' addiction to oil, the 109th Congress ended the year without allocating funding for proposed increases in research spending for alternative energy. Although Bush proposed a fiscal-year 2007 budget that would have increased funding for some renewable-energy resources, including solar and biomass, as well as for research into hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, the budget was not passed. Instead, Congress passed a stop-gap continuing resolution that will keep the budget at 2006 levels, which, because of inflation, amounts to a cut in funding, and it specifically decreases funding in some cases.