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NSF and Porn

Posted by jperhonis on 2009-02-03 09:31:26

In reply to Henry C. Jackson

NSF is probably the most cost-effective federal agency in Washington. The money appropriated by Congress results in the most highly merited scientific research and development. And all this with hardly any money devoted to internal agency overhead. The issue raised by Grassley was “buried” within an internal IG report and probably has already been addressed by NSF. But Grassley apparently sought to raise it now for his own political reasons: to divert money from NSF to some other part of his committee jurisdiction. That is usually how the Congress operates. However, if that is not the case, and he is truly supportive of NSF, it dumbfounds me why he would take this relatively minor issue and blow it up at this particularly time. Is the guy sort of, well, not very bright? I wonder. I understand he is big on "waste, fraud, and abuse." He refers to this as a “systemic” issue. I fear that small, bean-counting minds looking for "perfection" tend to be unable to put things in a larger perspective, much like religious fanatics and other weirdos. Please, Sir. Pick on another agency. Leave NSF alone. It gives much more back to the American taxpayer than you ever have or ever will.


*	Topic	Author	Date
	Re: Grassley Wants to Cut NSF From Stim Package on Porn-Surfing Suspicions	Henry C. Jackson	2009-01-31 11:03:52
	NSF and Porn	jperhonis	2009-02-03 09:31:26