Excess Spending Through Federal Agencies

To Rep. Ralph Hall:

I am faxing you a detailed two-page article, which appeared in the December 12 issue of Chemical and Engineering News and which is entitled, Science Agencies Hold Their Own".

You will notice in that article that Congress has passed budgets for the so-called "science " branches of government. The new budgets total about $50 billion.

You are mentioned as being one of the leaders in the passage of the various bills involved in this budgeting, and I take this opportunity to criticize your judgment in leading to a budget, which essentially maintains the previous level of taxpayer expenditures in these areas. This is done at a time when we have a gross deficiency in federal budget balancing. You may be impressed by the "science" designation of the various agencies. However, I can assure you that as a PhD scientist with experience in business, I can strongly assure you that you have arranged to continue wasting considerable taxpayer money.