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
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...
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
don't forget abandoning covid guidelines and caving to the rightwing's policies and stiffing us on our promised stimulus checks and debt forgiveness.
Oh yeah, and betraying the BLM bloc you just coopted by saying "defund the police is a rightwing idea"
Mother fucker still owes me $2000.
If you have student loans, he owes you more cause he had that as a plank of his platform
He fucked so many things it's actually kind of remarkable
Where's that cure for cancer?
Let me guess, he was speaking metaphorically
I think they asserted he was speaking about funding research more
Which is definitely what everyone thinks of when they hear "we're gonna cure cancer"
Let me guess. That hasn't even happened.
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...
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
Plus interest