• SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    I think it has, but NCI (the national cancer institute) has been getting funding increases in some form or another since 2013 (which is still good)

    It’s also currently at around 7 billion total though, so…not exactly big dollar relative to govt spending, and increases under Biden are just likely nominal increases that would’ve happened anyway lol

    Ed: I think I am right (in that neither Trump or Biden actually gave a shit), but lmao funding under Trump increased by more than Biden

    Funding for NCI as of 2015: 5.215 billion

    Funding as of 2020: 6.245 billion, increase of a little over a billion from 2016

    Funding as of 2024: 7.22 billion, increase of less than a billion from 2020

    It’s close, but when you say “we’re gonna cure cancer”, have everyone kiss your ass saying you actually meant “we’re going to ratchet up spending for cancer research”, and then fund it less than your predecessor…

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      6 months ago

      Great post! But just as I suspected. The Biden administration is yet again using the cover of a former super Republican presidency to not restore things to their previous trajectory