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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessmen... This is like when Gingrich killed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Technology_Assessmen... This is like when Gingrich killed OTA to make room for lobbyists and consultants to run roughshod. Guarantee this is going to lead to a fat contract for someone

asark 7y ago
> According to Science magazine, "some Republican lawmakers came to view [the OTA] as duplicative, wasteful, and biased against their party." Presented without comment.
- notfromhere 7y ago
  "biased against their party" is both depressing and sad given the low standing of scientific knowledge in the modern GOP.
cmiles74 7y ago
Perhaps a space-based missile defense system?