Gezerjay notes, >The NY times article on Trump's budget shows that essentially every single budget entry gets heavily slashed, with the notable exceptions of D

Gezerjay notes, >The NY times article on Trump's budget shows that essentially every single budget entry gets heavily slashed, with the notable exceptions of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs. which supports my point. Science research spending is cut significantly across the board; other spending is cut as well. Just because spending cuts are "across the board" does not mean it is a good choice or an appropriate allocation of resources. In my opinion, cutting science funding is a bad idea. A massive increase in defense spending does not seem appropriate either. Your ad hominum comment, "your kind of whiny demagoguery posts are becoming an effective techie repellent" is out of place on HN. Funding of scientific research and development is an important aspect of science and technology and is worthy of discussion here.