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Science Programs Hit Hard By Proposed Budget 395

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 11, 2011 @05:45PM from the somebody-invent-a-science-gun dept.

BJ_Covert_Action writes "The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations has released a list of proposed spending cuts for the US Federal Government. The proposed cuts include reductions in spending on many science organizations and funds such as NASA, NOAA, nuclear energy research, fossil fuel energy research, clean coal research, the CDC, the NIH, and numerous EPA programs. There are also quite a few cuts proposed on domestic services, such as Americorps and high speed rail research. The House Appropriations Chairman, Hal Rogers, acknowledges that the cuts go deep, and would hurt every district across the country. But they are still deemed necessary to rein in Congressional spending. Notoriously absent from the proposed budget cuts are two of the largest spending sinks in the federal budget: the Department of Defense and Social Security."

Comment How else would I get my rebates?! (Score 1) 297

by dellco on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @05:24PM (#30586754) Attached to: Pieces of stamped mail I sent in 2009:

Someone needs to kick tech. companies into the 21st century and stuff.

Comment Re:Crap (Score 1) 870

by dellco on Monday December 28, 2009 @12:05PM (#30571878) Attached to: Anti-Technology Themes in James Cameron's <em>Avatar</em>

Agreed. I didn't feel any anti-technology sentiment coming from the movie. They were all to happy to "sync up minds" in order to control a zombie body from hundreds of miles away, and they didn't flinch at the tech. Down with gingerbread indeed.

US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal 490

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 13, 2009 @09:27AM from the talking-to-you-cliff dept.

theodp writes "Many US colleges and universities have notices posted on their websites informing US companies that they're tax chumps if they hire students who are US citizens. 'In fact, a company may save money by hiring international students because the majority of them are exempt from Social Security (FICA) and Medicare tax requirements,' advises the taxpayer-supported University of Pittsburgh (pdf) as it makes the case against hiring its own US students. You'll find identical pitches made by the University of Delaware, the University of Cincinnati, Kansas State University, the University of Southern California, the University of Wisconsin, Iowa State University, and other public colleges and universities. The same message is also echoed by private schools, such as John Hopkins University, Brown University, Rollins College and Loyola University Chicago."

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