In case your week wasn’t bad enough:

Money for Scientific Research May Be Scarce With a Republican-Led House

In the Republican platform, Pledge to America, the party vows to cut discretionary nonmilitary spending to 2008 levels. Under that plan, research and development at nonmilitary agencies — including those that sponsor science and health research — would fall 12.3 percent, to $57.8 billion, from the Mr. Obama’s request of $65.9 billion for fiscal year 2011.

’cause what has science ever done for us? (You know, if you squint, the elephant looks like an insane clown posse mask)

This, on top of the continuing resolution that is cramping my style at work. There are only a few things that congress has to do each year, and one of them is pass the budget. Don’t let ’em leave Washington until it gets done. Wanna go on vacation? No. Wanna campaign? No. Do your effing job first.

(at the request of J)

edit to add, since it’s sort of related: Where Drugs Come From: The Numbers

You cut government research dollars and you reduce university research, which is an important source of new drug treatments, especially novel ones.