

  (Source: EL Civics)




A small excerpt from the measure is:






Arizona is considering similar legislation.


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RE: Great
By drmo on 2/17/2010 1:52:18 PM , Rating: 2
"A large, blind, grant from the government would do that."

What is blind about government grants? Grants are often awarded by someone's peers, who may be people you know and are friends with. Then, next year, when your colleague is submitting the grant and you are on the review board, you can fund or deny their project depending if they funded yours, or if you agree with their research or not. Can you imagine what effect that has?

Not that there isn't a role for government grants, but when the system creates a self-perpetuating cycle of quid pro quo, then something is broken. And when those people insist that public funds be drastically increased to fund their research, then it must be examined carefully.

