No Dough

Obviously the most important cost of the wars we're fighting is the death of a soldier.

But there are so many other costs. In today's Washington Post you can read how the NIH is no longer able to fund research because there just isn't the money. From 1998 to 2003 their budget increased every year. Now it's been cut and the money for research is divided up among other priorities.

What does a lack of funding mean? We won't have the breakthroughs in cancer treatments, young scientist will have to go elsewhere to get into research or choose a different career path.

Look at the FDA. How is it possible that our pets have been killed by tainted food? Spinach with e-coli. Tainted peanut butter. Having an administration on the side of big business (no regulation) coupled with no dough equals dangerous food for you.

Does the press focus on this? How can they with a new Bush scandal every week, the continued mess in Iraq and Brittany Spears?

President Clinton is going to have a massive mess to clean up; she's going to have to talk softly and carry a big broom.