>>Here is something that liberals don't understand, tax payer dollars are finding their way to fund programs that make no sense to main street,<<

I have no doubt that tax dollars are going to programs that are abstruse to Main Street, and I’d even happily acknowledge that some of it is wasteful. That’s the nature of research: you never know what you’re going to get. Sometimes you hit the mother lode, sometimes you get nothing. - Goofy

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Thanks Goofy, your post is refreshing in that you not only provide a balanced perspective on the nature of research, but that you also acknowledge mistakes can be made and are being made.


My comment,

Here is something that liberals don't understand, tax payer dollars are finding their way to fund programs that make no sense to main street,,

was not meant to be specific to the NIH but rather at the nature of the democrat response to the waste, fraud and abuse identified so far, transcending multiple agencies, by President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Typically the democrats response to DOGE will be a blend of 1 part itemizing a bunch of good works done by the agency under audit and 2 parts condemning Musk, his team, and the legitimacy of the entire data collection process.

But I rarely hear the democrats acknowledge, let alone defend, the underlying WFA (creating a new acronym for waste, fraud, and abuse) that was reported by DOGE.

And in my opinion, Main Street can easily recognize WFA without getting into scientific research at all; WFA such as a grant to the Palestinian rap artist whose musical theme focuses on the destruction of Israel; or this (presently my favorite) the USAID grant to "The Women in Forests Carbon Initiative Mentorship Program."

Thanks for your attention. - Goofy

Right back atcha.