An open letter to the President & U.S. Congress

Protect science and National Park funding for the economy

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I hope you have seen the new economic paper that found that a 25 percent cut in science funding would cause the GDP to shrinkage similar to the 2008 recession and a 75 percent cut would look like the great depression. The benefits we get from funding science bring returns much greater than the cost. This is similar to National Parks, which bring in tourism dollars greater than the inputs. Your threats to these programs threatens our economy in ways I know this regime, but also apparently republicans in general, do not understand. I hope you will research the economic effects of your actions. Republican administrations have caused repeated economic losses, while democrats, like Biden, have grown the economy. You all inherited an economy that the Economist called “the envy of the world”. Don’t mess it up.

▶ Created on May 7 by Quilla

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