▲ 1118 ▼ DOGE cut 20% of APHIS the agency that protects U.S. agriculture and now the screwworm parasite that wipes out livestock has returned to the U.S (mander.xyz) submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 months ago (8 children) Biden tried to fix it without any sense of urgency I would say funding it at 4x is pretty urgent permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 4 points 5 months ago Sadly, no. That response in 2018-2021 would have been urgent, appropriate. By waiting until 2023 when reports were coming out in '21 that the Darian Gap was failing and '22 that it had failed, Biden did in fact drop the ball. The administration chose to try to work with/through Central American governments who, frankly, hadn't dealt with screwworms in over a generation and were poorly equipped or completely clueless. Also, it's worth noting, this facility was relatively inexpensive to operate at less than $20M/year. We had a beautiful system in place but Republican ignorance and Democrat pussyfooting has put us in a terrible position. The sunbelt population boom of the last 50 years was not just about AC. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (5 children) Biden was inaugurated in '21. Why did it take multiple years for that funding to be budgeted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago (4 children) Maybe you don't remember, but before Trump, we didn't accept presidential rule by decree permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 3 points 5 months ago Also incorrect. USDA has a great deal of discretionary funding. The new $750M facility being build in Texas (several thousand km from the Darian Gap = great plan!) was approved internally at USDA. There was nothing stopping the funding in '21 other than not recognizing how dire the problem could become in just a few years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Well, except for small, unimportant things like sending people to another country to go kill people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago So did the dems use presidential decree to get the funding in 2023? permalink fedilink source parent [–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago Bullshit. Republicans always believed in it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 1 point 5 months ago I'd assume at least 10x was asked, and it took years for the funding to arrive permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 4 points 5 months ago Sadly, no. That response in 2018-2021 would have been urgent, appropriate. By waiting until 2023 when reports were coming out in '21 that the Darian Gap was failing and '22 that it had failed, Biden did in fact drop the ball. The administration chose to try to work with/through Central American governments who, frankly, hadn't dealt with screwworms in over a generation and were poorly equipped or completely clueless. Also, it's worth noting, this facility was relatively inexpensive to operate at less than $20M/year. We had a beautiful system in place but Republican ignorance and Democrat pussyfooting has put us in a terrible position. The sunbelt population boom of the last 50 years was not just about AC. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (5 children) Biden was inaugurated in '21. Why did it take multiple years for that funding to be budgeted? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago (4 children) Maybe you don't remember, but before Trump, we didn't accept presidential rule by decree permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 3 points 5 months ago Also incorrect. USDA has a great deal of discretionary funding. The new $750M facility being build in Texas (several thousand km from the Darian Gap = great plan!) was approved internally at USDA. There was nothing stopping the funding in '21 other than not recognizing how dire the problem could become in just a few years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Well, except for small, unimportant things like sending people to another country to go kill people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago So did the dems use presidential decree to get the funding in 2023? permalink fedilink source parent [–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago Bullshit. Republicans always believed in it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago (4 children) Maybe you don't remember, but before Trump, we didn't accept presidential rule by decree permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Folstar@lemmus.org 3 points 5 months ago Also incorrect. USDA has a great deal of discretionary funding. The new $750M facility being build in Texas (several thousand km from the Darian Gap = great plan!) was approved internally at USDA. There was nothing stopping the funding in '21 other than not recognizing how dire the problem could become in just a few years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Well, except for small, unimportant things like sending people to another country to go kill people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago So did the dems use presidential decree to get the funding in 2023? permalink fedilink source parent [–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago Bullshit. Republicans always believed in it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 3 points 5 months ago Also incorrect. USDA has a great deal of discretionary funding. The new $750M facility being build in Texas (several thousand km from the Darian Gap = great plan!) was approved internally at USDA. There was nothing stopping the funding in '21 other than not recognizing how dire the problem could become in just a few years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Well, except for small, unimportant things like sending people to another country to go kill people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago So did the dems use presidential decree to get the funding in 2023? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago Bullshit. Republicans always believed in it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 1 point 5 months ago I'd assume at least 10x was asked, and it took years for the funding to arrive permalink fedilink source parent