/home/wpurdemo/resistancesuffolk/wp-content/mu-plugins Comments on: Effects of Government Shutdown for Cancer Patients https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/01/08/effects-of-government-shutdown-for-cancer-patients/ A collection of writings dealing with current US & Long Island politics Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:04:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Mike Anthony https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/01/08/effects-of-government-shutdown-for-cancer-patients/#comment-28 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:04:13 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/01/08/effects-of-government-shutdown-for-cancer-patients/#comment-28 One of the problems of indiscriminate antipathy directed toward something called “Big Government” is that very useful agencies get labeled the same as everything else labeled “government.” Military contracting probably wastes more money in a week than the NIH could dream of wasting in a decade.

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By: D. Posnett MD https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/01/08/effects-of-government-shutdown-for-cancer-patients/#comment-29 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:04:13 +0000 https://resistancesuffolk.wp.urdemo.website/2014/01/08/effects-of-government-shutdown-for-cancer-patients/#comment-29 NIH: 30.9 billion annually,
http://www.nih.gov/about/budget.htm

Defense contracting: 500+ billion annually
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/12/21/congress-new-budget-says-merry-christmas-to-defens.aspx#.Us1zWI2kDJw

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