[datsci_est_2015]

What a sleight of hand to suggest that science funding gathered from taxes is impacting the ability for poorer Americans to afford their food. No wonder politicization of science funding is so successful on the right: it’s so rhetorically intoxicating.

[jiggawatts]

Meanwhile a substantial fraction of science research goes into improving the efficiency of farming, which pushes down food prices.

I just watched a video about how inept politicians caused a food crisis in Sri Lanka because they thought they knew better than scientists, chemists, and farmers: https://youtu.be/1S2wwbX_p_E

[smileysteve]

It's especially interesting because prior to the time of the election, the administration approved food funding to states that GOP run states rejected.

[littlekey]

Yeah, that's the point I was making; not that those people shouldn't be interested in science funding, but that when you're in that position you're going to end up voting for whoever promises you lower taxes etc. (regardless of whether those promises end up being just hot air).