Obama cuts show his priorities
The Washington Post lists the cuts, but two jumped out at me.
The Yucca Mountain cut is a sop to Harry Reid, and it indicates the lack seriousness Democrats have when it comes to energy independence. They give some lip service, but when it comes to making a decision they punt. They have decided instead to invest in magic energy that may be discovered sometime in the future.
...You have seen most of the arguments about the F-22 here before. I still think considering all the money wasted by the Obama stimulus, that it would have been wiser to spend some of that money on more F-22s.
F-22 Raptor Fighter Aircraft: It has several Congressional and industry backers, so we'll see if this ever gets cut, but the administration says that the 187 ordered aircraft, coupled with the new Joint Strike Fighter now in production can meet future threats.
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Yucca Mountain Repository Program: The budget cuts the program and denotes $196.8 million for the Energy Department to explore other options. "The President has acknowledged that nuclear power is -- and likely will remain -- an important source of electricity for many years to come and that how the Nation deals with the dangerous byproduct of nuclear reactors is a critical question that has yet to be resolved."
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The Yucca Mountain cut is a sop to Harry Reid, and it indicates the lack seriousness Democrats have when it comes to energy independence. They give some lip service, but when it comes to making a decision they punt. They have decided instead to invest in magic energy that may be discovered sometime in the future.
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