Obama admin skewers GOP attack on stimulus cocaine monkeys

[JohnWxy]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/08/obama_admin_skewers_gop_attack.html?wprss=plum-line

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In case you missed it, senators John McCain and Tom Coburn got a lot of attention the other day when they issued a report alleging all kinds of ludicrous stimulus waste.

One bullet point in the report that got a ton of attention: "Monkeys Getting High for Science."

The McCain/Coburn report claimed this was a reference to a Federal grant of $71,623 to the Winston-Salem college to "study how monkeys react under cocaine."

And that's true. But the report didn't tell you why the monkeys' reaction to cocaine is being studied: To develop our understanding of how the brain chemistry of addiction works, in order to better combat drug addiction.

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[Lochloosa]

1. Hell, all they had to do was ask me.

:evilgrin:

[JohnWxy]

2. ..??

[hfojvt]

3. so the GOP gets outraged about $71,623?

but a $43,000,000 tax cut going to a multi-millionaire (which logically increases the deficit by $43 million) does not bother them.

[bain_sidhe]

4. My tax dollars being used for animal testing???

Where can I get one of those laws that says the government can't use my taxes to fund something I find morally repugnant? Where's my "Hyde amendment"??