February 5, 2004

Strange Budget Choice

Why would the folks putting together bush's budget propose eliminating funds for building decontamination research?

an Environmental Protection Agency acknowledgment that his proposed cut "represents complete elimination of homeland security building decontamination research."

The agency said in the documents that Bush's proposal will "force it to disband the technical and engineering expertise that will be needed to address known and emerging biological and chemical threats in the future."

This certainly seems inconsistent with the image the bushies seem to be trying to project. A mistake perhaps? Or simple blundering?

Posted by Steve on February 5, 2004
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