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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I want you to think about this... (rough numbers, not exact)

In 1999 Congress increased the NIH's budget by $2.3 billion[29] to $17.2 billion in 2000.[30] In 2009 Congress again increased the NIH budget to $31 billion in 2010.[30] In March 2017, President Trump proposed to cut the 2018 budget by 18.3%, or about $5.8 billion to $25.9 billion.[31]:26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health

Their budget has doubled in less than twenty years. That's a ridiculous debasement of our currency, especially when we borrow 45 cents out of every dollar the government spends. That's not going to go on forever. Wake up![/quote]
And how much has the defense budget gone up in that same time period?[/quote]

That $2.3 billion increase included an additional $350 million for Alzheimer’s research, $200 million for the Precision Medicine Initiative, $85 million for the BRAIN Initiative, and $303 million for combating [b]antibiotic-resistant bacteria[/b].

The NIH also funds from the Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) that supports our Global Obesity Prevention Center (GOPC) at Johns Hopkins University....and more

Failure to keep research funding at least on par of cost of living will also result in fewer people entering scientific fields. Slowing research would be a  detriment to all of us as new infectious diseases appear.

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