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Proud2BAmurkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:30 AM
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Bush to slash cancer funding. ($400 billion spent on Iraq would have funded 80 YEARS)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-01-28-cancer-cuts_x.htm

Proposal would cut cancer institute budget again
Posted 1/28/2007 7:53 PM ET
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY

Leading cancer experts say key research could come to a halt because of proposed spending cuts to the National Cancer Institute.

President Bush has proposed cutting the institute's budget for the second consecutive year. The cuts would reduce the NCI's 2007 budget by almost 1%, or $36 million, to just over $4.7 billion. Although NCI director John Niederhuber notes that the institute's final budget has not been set, he's concerned that Congress could shrink his budget by 5% to 10%.

During a visit recently to the National Institutes of Health, Bush said NCI funding is still relatively high and has doubled in the past decade. Bush also noted an American Cancer Society report showing that the number of cancer deaths dropped for the second year in a row, falling by 3,014 from 2003 to 2004.

"We're proud of the significant investment that we have made in cancer research," White House spokesman Tony Fratto says. "We're also proud of the results showing that researchers are delivering on that investment."
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:35 AM
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This goes along with other cuts.......
Cuts to fund research and assistance for brain injured vets, firing those who assist veterans to find needed care, housing a jobs........

This administration should be tossed, quite unceremoniously, in the nearest orange jumpsuit and directed to the closest war crimes tribunal.

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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:35 AM
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1. Sorry......duplicate.
Edited on Tue Jan-30-07 12:36 AM by PDJane
incredibly fast fingers when I'm as irritated as I am at the moment!
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Erika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:36 AM
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2. W will cut any program to help U.S. citizens
He wants our taxdollars spent on his defense contractors and war mongers.
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:41 AM
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3. This just sent a surge...
..of PIST OFF right through me! Tell your Rep. HELL FUCKING YES on HR 508!!
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:49 AM
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4. CNN just reported that 200,000 cancer deaths a year are preventable
If only people had access to health care. Really, think about that. 200,000 Americans a year die because they are denied treatment by this financial system.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 12:49 AM
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5. Chimpie got his sound bite about the drop in cancer
so now it's back to usual slashing under the radar. :sarcasm:
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-30-07 08:57 AM
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6. this is like 1 day of his war spending
So we can go out and kill more Iraqi's AND get the added bonus of making sure more Americans Die at home. Way to go Bushie...:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
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