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Federal R&D Spending.
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 03:59:47 +0000
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sidney Karin <skarin () ucsd edu> Date: Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 9:19 PM Subject: Federal R&D Spending. To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> Dave, (For IP if you like.) There are several elephants in the room. Regardless of the merits of John Gilmore’s observations and the various rebuttals, non-Defense discretionary spending is about 600B$, a bit greater than Defense spending at 584B$. Of that, approximately 145B$ (77B$ Defense, 69B$ non-Defense) is federally funded research. Total spending is about 3.9T$. Interest on the debt is about 241B$, much greater than federally funded research. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid add up to 1.87T$. There is an other category that apparently is a grab bag of additional entitlements that add up to 563B$, putting entitlements way over 50% of total federal spending. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:CBO_Infographic_2016.png https://www.aaas.org/fy16budget/federal-rd-fy-2016-budget-overview#rd Cheers, ……..Sid ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sidney Karin Ph.D., P.E. skarin () ucsd edu 858-534-5075 Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Director Emeritus, San Diego Supercomputer Center University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0505 ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/18849915-ae8fa580 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20170320000012:B2192F84-0D21-11E7-B774-C16FDA0323CE Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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