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Which is why NOAA needs to be left alone. But Trump and maybe the GOP wants to privatize NOAA, which would be a disaster for the US.
by jmclnx 2y ago
Which is why NOAA needs to be left alone. But Trump and maybe the GOP wants to privatize NOAA, which would be a disaster for the US.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoAlready tried once 7 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lee_Myers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lee_Myers
- WarOnPrivacy 2y agoWe don't seem to have any lesson-learning folks in play.
- jmclnx 2y ago>In 2018, an investigation by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs found rampant, pervasive and severe sexual harassment at AccuWeather Depends upon the lesson, when it comes to harassment, the GOP learned and found ways to get the public to accept this. Seems the only reason it failed was it seems Myers was found to be a sexual predator. These days, that seems to be a requirement to be the head of an agency.
- jauntywundrkind 2y agoThe lesson seems to be that those who can keep attacking democracy again and again and again will eventually some day succeed in tearing things down.
- pridkett 2y agoRick Santorum tried doing this repeatedly starting in 2005. It was one of personal crusades in the Senate. https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/7-year-old-attack-on-weather-service-could-cloud-santorums-campaign-071129 https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/7-year-old-attack-on-...
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- TehCorwiz 2y agoThat would basically mean the government funding the satellites, computers, storage, etc. Which is basically where almost all expenditures are. So it would effectively socialize the cost but privatize the results. In essence we would have to pay twice for the data, once to the government in taxes for the equipment, then again to some private company because....why again?
- hnburnsy 2y agoIf you have Pay TV, you are already paying twice for the data when it is delivered via your local news station, national news station, or The Weather Channel. Would be nice if NOAA would make some money providing its data to commercial operations.
- beowulfey 2y agoYeah, more instances of having to pay for things twice sounds amazing. But why stop at twice? Maybe we could pay for things three times, even.
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