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A View from Capitol Hill
Pages 20-23

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... Last year, despite concerns about the long term, the National Science Foundation held its own fairly well. The Department of Energy programs, which had been much more under attack over the years, ended up coming out fine in terms of basic research.
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... These three factors explain why things have worked out so well thus far for basic science. However, the one common trait they share is that none gives much hope for the situation continuing.
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... It does not mean that writing those kinds of reports is a waste of time or that the Endless Frontier report did not have significance. But relying on report writing as a solution reflects misunderstanding about how things happen and puts us on an impossible path away from acting on the real problems.
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... This is the one thing that the academic community has to offer that other constituencies do not have, both in terms of selling yourselves and the very important education component for undergraduate and graduate students. You already have direct access to all of the people you are trying to influence-access that so far, social workers, defense contractors, and none of the other lobby leaders have.
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