New Scientist - Obama still the best hope for science in the US

[superpatriotman]

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22427-obama-is-still-the-best-hope-for-science-in-the-us.html?full=true&print=true

New Scientist asked both US presidential campaigns for an article putting forward their position on science. Mitt Romney's campaign declined – here, Democratic campaign adviser Andy Feinberg argues why Americans who care about science and its wider benefits should back Barack Obama for a second term

President Obama knows that in order to be globally competitive and to create an economy that is built to last, we must create an environment where invention and innovation can flourish. As 68 Nobel prizewinners in science or medicine noted in an open letter last month, he "understands the key role science has played in building a prosperous America and in the last four years, has delivered on his promise to renew our faith in science-based decision making and has championed investment in science and technology research, which is the engine of our economy".

Every dollar invested in research today improves productivity and growth in the future. That is why President Obama called for the US to invest more than 3 per cent of our economy in public and private research and development – more than ever before – and is doubling investments for key basic research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of Science.

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[LongTomH]

1. K&R People who support science need to understand what a disaster a Romney victory would be!!!!

The current Republican party (I hesitate to call them 'modern') would sharply cut funding for science, as well as eliminating support for any studies of global warming.

I wonder how many people remember Ronny Deutch, the journalism school dropout, given a position at NASA by the Bush Administration. He was editing papers on global warming by Dr. James Hansen and others. He also insisted that any mention of 'The Big Bang,' refer to it as: "The Theory of the Big Bang."