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'YouCut' Targets National Science Foundation Budget

Posted by timothy on from the conjugate-special-interest dept.

jamie writes "As some of you may have heard, the incoming Republican majority in Congress has a new initiative called YouCut, which lets ordinary Americans like me propose government programs for termination. So imagine how excited I was to learn that YouCut's first target — yes, its first target — was that notoriously bloated white elephant, the National Science Foundation."

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  1. Re:Science ! by orphiuchus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm thinking we may consider moving some of this money over to K-12 grammar education.

  2. Re:Cut YouCut by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    So let me get this straight. The average American, who is not well versed in our own government, who doesn't really understand financial management, who can't locate Iraq on map, and overall isn't educated more than enough to make them a somewhat functioning worker...

    Gets to be a two-term President. Yes, we've already been over that. Can you just accept it and move on please?

  3. Re:Cut YouCut by dougisfunny · · Score: 1, Funny

    But then, how will we know the answer to the ultimate question:

    How is babby formed?

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  4. 6000 years by Hognoxious · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hope there's nothing to do with finding out how old the Earth is. Here in Alabama we all know the answer to that already!

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  5. Re:Cut YouCut by erroneus · · Score: 1, Funny

    The answer has always been "God's Will" and it always will be. We can't let this ridiculous science and mathemagics tell us stuff about the world when we already have the answers!