Obama Budget Asks For 1% Boost In Research

sciencehabit sends this excerpt from ScienceInsider: "One of the big three research agencies appears to be lagging behind its doubling peers in the president's 2013 budget request released this morning. The $4.9 billion budget of the Department of Energy's Office of Science would rise by 2.4%, to $5 billion. In contrast, the National Science Foundation would receive a nearly 5% boost, to $7.37 billion, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology a hike of 13%, to $860 million. These three agencies were originally singled by President George W. Bush in 2006 for a 10-year budget doubling, a promise that President Barack Obama and Congress have repeatedly endorsed despite the current tough economic times. ... Obama is asking for a 1% increase in overall federal spending on research, to $140 billion. Within that total, the White House seeks a similar 1% hike in the $30 billion devoted to basic research."

Bush did what?

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks a lot, /. And just how do you propose that I cram this datum into the politically-convenient narrative of science-hating Republicans that the internet has been spoon-feeding for years?

Invest in the future for US %~P

[OldHawk777]

Well should it happen? The religious conservative of US will say no, but will claim "no way" with the budget deficit.

I mean we should all know by now, Ronald Reagan the last fiscal conservative died. All the political conservatives today are un-American religious-oppression right-wing-nuts.

Re:Bush did what?

[bug1]

If (
Republican does X)
Republicans are wrong;
Else
Republicans are wrong;
EndIf

Only a republican would format conditionals in such a haphazard and condesending manner ! ;)

Re:How about zero?

[Kohath]

Wow. Two guys who can't link to any numbers are arguing over which set of un-cited numbers are right and which are wrong.