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The Malignancy in Federal Medical Research

grich903 Wrote: Feb 27, 2013 2:32 PM

Why should anyone believe O'B cares about RESEARCh, whem the Affordable Care Act desimates Medical R&D? The Institute of Health, if ie's kept in tack when the O-B Care Bill hits next year, may well be the only researcher, but do we as American's really want a gvovernment intity doing research for us? The government doesn't create anything except false consensus, and I wouldin't trust a research project put out by a tyrant.

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The Malignancy in Federal Medical Research

When George W. Bush was stumping as a "compassionate conservative" in the closing days of the 2000 presidential campaign, he went to Florida and repeated a campaign promise to double the funding for the National Institutes of Health.

"I will lead a medical moon shot to reach far beyond what seems possible today and discover new cures for age-old afflictions," Bush said.

After he won Florida by a famously narrow margin -- and thus was elected president despite losing the nationwide popular vote -- Bush basically made good on his funding promise.

In fiscal 2000, the NIH spent $15.415 billion; in...

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