Ron Paul on science investment
From the 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007
Ron Paul stated that the government should be very small and that the government should not be expected to fund everything..
January 16, 2008January 15, 2008Mike Huckabee on science investmentHuckabee has not outlined clear positions on the federal funding of science. He has pledge to simplify the immigration process for highly-skilled and highly-educated applicants. Huckabee has also promised to increase funding for research into all avenues of alternative energy: nuclear, wind, solar, hydrogen, clean coal, biodiesel, and biomass. January 11, 2008John McCain on science investmentNASA Watch: "[Republican presidential candidate John McCain] also said he strongly supports missions to Mars and that Florida should continue to play a major role in space exploration. "There's too much invested there. There's infrastructure that's very expensive and very extensive there," he said." January 3, 2008Rudy Giuliani on science investmentJoinRudy2008: Education is power in an information economy. American workers must be the best trained and prepared workforce in the world in order to successfully compete in the global economy. * Promote science and mathematics through technical certification or an associate degree. * Advance successful training programs leading to competitive skills the market demands. * Allow early withdrawal from retirement accounts for qualified retraining programs. * Expand the number of H1B Visas for skilled foreign workers to meet market demand. Mitt Romney on on science investmentMitt Romney for President 2008: He supports raising the cap on H1-B visas so that more workers with high tech skills can enter the country. High school education and energy research will be a priority for a Romney administration. There are no clear documents available to specify what a Romney administration will fund for areas of science other than energy research.
January 2, 2008Dennis Kucinich on science investmentKucinich for President: Dennis attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, advocating a plan with Mikhail Gorbachev for a Global Green Deal that would enable the introduction of $50 billion of new solar projects around the world. It will be a major initiative to use our country's leadership in sustainable energy production to provide jobs to Americans, to reduce energy use here at home, and to partner with developing nations to provide their people with inexpensive, local renewable-energy technologies. This is at the heart of his proposed Works Green Administration (WGA) which would couple a new WPA program to the EPA and NASA in restoring America's infrastructure and providing sustainable energy at the same time. Barack Obama on science investmentObama 08: Invest in the Sciences: An Obama administration supports doubling federal funding for basic research, changing the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology. This will foster home-grown innovation, help ensure the competitiveness of US technology-based businesses, and ensure that 21st century jobs can and will grow in America. As a share of the Gross Domestic Product, American federal investment in the physical sciences and engineering research has dropped by half since 1970. Yet, it often has been federally-supported basic research that has generated the innovation to create markets and drive economic growth. For example, one recent report demonstrated how federally supported research in fiber optics and lasers helped spur the telecommunications revolution. Hillary Clinton on science investmentHillary for President: Hillary Clinton proposed a 9-point plan to renew the nation’s commitment to research; help create the premier science, engineering, technology and mathematics workforce; and upgrade our innovation infrastructure: John Edwards on science investmentJohn Edwards 08: "Americans have always taken impossible tasks and turned them into reality. Whether we are the country of the 21st century depends on what all of us do today." – John Edwards January 1, 2008Fred Thompson on science investmentFred 08: A Thompson administration would encourage students and teachers to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math-fields that are crucial to our security, competitiveness, and prosperity. Mike Gravel on science investmentInformation from an interview with TechCrunch Senator Gravel has stated he is in favor of eliminating the quota on H1B visas and that the US education system should be our number 1 priority. . “we have a higher education system that it is to be admired but it is slowly deteriorating. When you stop and realize the cutback on Chinese students, Japanese students, Indian students, foreign students in general coming to American universities and going to other universities in other parts of the world is the beginning of the demise of our ascendancy in higher education, and its because of the visa problems...its this national paranoia that we’re fed with fear of foreigners, and so you’re going to feel it in the high tech area because you’re gonna see the new high tech areas centered in China and in Japan and in India and though we may have a lot of entrepreneurialism, they are going to develop their own sense of entrepreneurialism when we don’t let them into this country and participate in what we have to offer.”
October 3, 2007Question: Science InvestmentAs expressed by several recent national studies and reports, there is ongoing concern in the scientific and industrial communities that the U.S. is losing its world leadership in science. Do you support a significant boost in federal funding for basic research across the sciences, and how would you pay for such an increase? In an era of tight budgets and man y worthy programs, what priority would you give science education and research? |
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