Voroxpete comments on 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

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

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[–] 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?

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[–] 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

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[–] 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.

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[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Well, except for small, unimportant things like sending people to another country to go kill people.

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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

So did the dems use presidential decree to get the funding in 2023?

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[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago

Bullshit. Republicans always believed in it.

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