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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by Braxton1980 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @03:38PM (#43177063)
> Yeah, these are public statements. I expect that there's frantic back-room dealing right now to make sure that the relief funds are not attached to any conditions. Because in the long-term, that will benefit the states that have money.

I hope so but it also seems people keep thinking Republicans/Trump won't step over a line but end up doing it

>The budget of California is $320B. This is more than the _entire_ discretionary budget of the US.

It's 1.7T https://www.cbo.gov/publication/most-recent/graphics

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by cyberax on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:13PM (#43177486)
> I hope so but it also seems people keep thinking Republicans/Trump won't step over a line but end up doing it

I'm sure they'll try. But I'm also sure that this practice of using relief funds as for political pressure won't stick, exactly because money is power.

> It's 1.7T https://www.cbo.gov/publication/most-recent/graphics

Thanks! I meant it in a bit different way: not Defense related, not International Affairs, and not law-enforcement/justice related. By my count, that's $330B.

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Re:Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Exp... by Braxton1980 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @04:33PM (#43177749)
And did you use the same exceptions to calculate the CA budget?
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