This bugs me because California schools are allowing illegal aliens to pay in-state tuition while out-of-state Americans are required to pay extraordinary $$$$$ to attend schools that receives mega-federal funding. It is not right. All federal contracts should be revoked.
Research at the US energy labs today is as important as it was in WWII. Alas, during WWII Stalin profited from the work at US labs almost as fast as the US did.
The sad thing is that the Chinese today will likely profit from the work at US labs almost as fast as the US does and for the same reason. Spies.
And the consequences will be almost as far reaching.
Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman is scheduled to announce the winner of the seven-year contract— worth up to $79 million dollars— today in Washington, D.C. The current lab manager, the University of California, has teamed up with engineering firm Bechtel National and other industrial partners in its bid to continue operating the lab. That team is competing against another academic-industrial alliance, led by defense contractor Lockheed Martin and the University of Texas.
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Another $79M freed up in the education budget to support Mexico's poor in their annual quest for a K-12 education at the expense of the California taxpayer. Fox will be proud of California's governance, standing tall beside him, toe to toe against the parochial nitwits in the Congress crying about a fence.