Comments on: Stimulating research http://www.politigenomics.com/2009/11/stimulating-research.html Politics, Information Technology, and Genomics Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:21:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: dd http://www.politigenomics.com/2009/11/stimulating-research.html/comment-page-1#comment-15496 dd Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:28:26 +0000 http://www.politigenomics.com/?p=1692#comment-15496 James, thanks for explicitly mentioning the reinvestment portion of the act. I meant to point that out but my fleeting memory got the better of me. Good point about the rebate checks. They didn't exactly help to avert the crisis, did they? James, thanks for explicitly mentioning the reinvestment portion of the act. I meant to point that out but my fleeting memory got the better of me. Good point about the rebate checks. They didn’t exactly help to avert the crisis, did they?

]]> By: James http://www.politigenomics.com/2009/11/stimulating-research.html/comment-page-1#comment-15494 James Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:42:17 +0000 http://www.politigenomics.com/?p=1692#comment-15494 I think they're overlooking the "Reinvestment" in the ARRA. The goal is to stimulate the economy WHILE rebuiding our infrastructure to promote real growth (not based on government spending or fun with investment derivatives) in the future, basic research plays a key component in both. Metric we were judging on was short term results, I imagine the government could have just mailed out another set of stimulus checks to everyone like they did last year (though these would have been substantially bigger). I think they’re overlooking the “Reinvestment” in the ARRA. The goal is to stimulate the economy WHILE rebuiding our infrastructure to promote real growth (not based on government spending or fun with investment derivatives) in the future, basic research plays a key component in both.

Metric we were judging on was short term results, I imagine the government could have just mailed out another set of stimulus checks to everyone like they did last year (though these would have been substantially bigger).

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