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U.S. Chemical Safety Board could be eliminated

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kumarvvr ◴[24 Jun 25 01:15 UTC] No.44361939[source]▶
It is highly surprising that the narrative in the US has morphed the expenses on public institutions of enormous importance, into wastage, something that has to be cut or eliminated.

Why is it that no one is pointing out the contribution of these institutions to the US and the world?

The US, has a society, has grown so materialistic, that they fail to see anything beyond money.

Somethings cannot be measured by money. In fact, when it comes to public governance, money is the least useful thing.

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gottorf ◴[24 Jun 25 01:21 UTC] No.44361976[source]▶
> public institutions of enormous importance

A case of the baby getting thrown out with the bathwater, I suppose. And make no mistake: there was enough dirty bathwater to go around.

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sorcerer-mar ◴[24 Jun 25 01:29 UTC] No.44362011[source]▶
Okay, I won't make a mistake if you show me the evidence.
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1. gottorf ◴[26 Jun 25 13:44 UTC] No.44387347[source]▶
No, when it comes to spending taxpayer money, the onus is on the one who wants to spend more to show that it would lead to better outcomes. Federal expenditure per capita is nearly $20k/yr now, more than triple what it was 50 years ago in real terms. And that's not counting state and local expenditure. I haven't seen any evidence that if we paid even more, life would be better.