re: #301 Aceofwhat?

Exactly. If we don’t know where the bulk of the cuts will come from, then it seems difficult to be outraged…yet.

No, Ace, that’s not what I said. At all. So don’t say ‘exactly’, please.

I’d have been more in favor of just requesting some sort of general reduction and letting the CDC decide how best to reallocate

Why? Why do you think the CDC needs any reduction at all? Have you analyzed them and come to that conclusion?

What will we say if the CDC decides to reduce ID funding by an additional $150MM because they think it’s the most effective way to meet the new budget…is that also a ‘fuck the poor’ moment?

What on earth are you after? I just don’t get it. You’re needling away at this conversation, and I have no clue what it is you’re actually trying to say, or to get me to say.

If the CDC allocates more money to, say, employee facilities and foozball tables and away from providing vaccinations, then yes, that’ll be a fuck the poor moment. They’ll be saying ‘fuck the poor, we need foozball’.

If they allocate money to research instead, they could make the credible case that doing so will, in the end, be the most beneficial to the poor.

Etc.