36. Middleman:
“Craig,
Funding for cancer research was cut back during the Bush administration. That’s a fact and one that effected them.”
You must be getting your facts from Dr. Seuss.
Here are numbers generated for the year 2004
The first year of Bush’s second term and the apex of his 8 year term in office.
Annual cancer funding: $14.4 billion
CONGRESS SETS THE National Cancer Institute’s BUDGET (vis-a-vis, their parent NIH)
So Dr. Seuss…turns out- they gave a 3.3 percent funding raise over 2003
National Cancer Institute
2004 Budget: $4.7 billion
Now for the $9.7 billion
This is the additional amount that’s chipped in
each year from four more federal agencies,
five leading charities, nine major cancer
centers, and the big drug companies.
9.7 broken down:
Total other federal funding
$1.9 billion
Major charities:
$1.0 billion
Cancer centers:
$0.8 billion
Pharmaceutical company R&D:
$6.0 billion
Sources: Totals derive from data for the most recent year available. Other federal
funding includes cancer spending by NIH (except NCI) and the VA (excluding
treatment), CDC, and Pentagon. Data on charities and cancer centers are from
federal tax forms; state figures are not included. Pharma total is from Tufts
Center for the Study of Drug Development and Fortune Inc. estimates.
That’s right STATE FUNDS weren’t included. So that 14.4b can go higher. The next time you roll out the ‘blame Bush’ carnard, I suggest you try it on the demo-bats….they’ll swallow it hook, line and sinker.
