It's a world market, they wouldn't have to sell to the US to suppress the price.
My line of work has had me in the loop with many of those on your list.
For the case I mentioned about the Coop Units, there are private agencies that are getting these grants or supporting students in my university, but the Coop specifically uses PostDocs and graduate students. Grad students and postdocs are unbelievably cheap in comparison to full fledged and on top of that, there is some level of return on investment with the education and training a new scientist under the wing of established scientists. I won’t speak to other things specifically, but that is the one case that I feel everyone should understand or at least support. If grants were going to private agencies or were done primarily by full fledged scientists, the amount of money taken out of grants for salaries would be at least 2.5X what it is currently with grad students.
Here's easy math. BLM revenue pays for all of DOI appropriations. This is an attack on Wildlife Science, nothing more
You’re wildly correct on this and unfortunately that lack of transparency is causing this, what I feel is, an over correction. The level of politics is pretty wild. People want science-based wildlife management but that does not mean they want science-driven wildlife management. There will always be some level of politics or public influence on management. If we don’t listen to the public and truly take their wants and needs into account, this is where our future is headed.
Oh I have 0 interest in increasing the money going to these organizations. I don’t think we need to throw more money here. I just think the current system is correct. I watched Ryan Zinke on a local news channel talk about how we didn’t need as many scientists but we needed front line fire workers. He talked about BLM, USFS, and FWS but whether we all like it or not, those biologists are all working on different missions. Biologists in each agency have a specialization that helps balance the decisions that are made, in an ideal world that is as litigation has prevented this from functioning correctly. As BLM revenue funds the program, then is it true that the organizations are not economically viable? This comes as the golden goose of defense continues failing audits and increasing their budget. Now talking about some contract for a satellite based defense system (Golden Dome) that could take out enemies at a moments notice. That system is projected to cost $25 billion dollars and then have an operating cost of $4-$5 billion dollars a year. Is that really more important than scientific research? I firmly believe it is not but that is what this administration is talking about.
Pretty much if the Columbia riverkeepers are involved, it's going to be expensive and never ending.
There are ways to tax assets and close loopholes without screwing over the middle and lower class. But sure keep defending people that can buy out our entire government.
Easy to say. Prove it with some facts.
Who is we and their?
