In a TownHall.com column, Larry Elder notes that NASA makes the list of about 150 agencies facing “drastic spending reductions”:
The president proposes $16.45 billion for NASA in 2006. That’s a 2.4 percent increase over what the government is spending this year on the program. But it is $500 million less than what the space agency was expecting for 2006. So, NASA is listed as one of the 154 programs facing extinction or “drastic spending reductions.” Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.
Of course, if you work at NASA Glenn or Langley, or in aeronautics in general, you might have a different interpretation…
