Hillary Clinton says that when she becomes president, she’ll give your money to embryonic stem cell researchers. She calls it “federal funding,” but always remember that is a euphemism for your money.
Clinton’s goal was to spell out specific priorities for scientific innovation that would also enhance U.S. economic interests, advisers said.
As president, Clinton said she would:
— Expand human and robotic space exploration and speed development of vehicles to would replace the space shuttle.
— Launch a space-based climate change initiative to combat global warming.
— Create a $50-billion strategic energy fund to research ways to boost energy efficiency and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
— Comply with a legal requirement that the executive branch issue a national assessment on climate change every four years. She would also expand the assessment to reflect how U.S. regions and economic sectors are responding to the challenges posed by climate change.
— Name an assistant to the president for science and technology, a position that was eliminated in the Bush White House.
— Re-establish the Office of Technology Assessment.
Hold on while I consult my copy of the Constitution.
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Nope, nothing in there about the president or the federal government doing any of those things.
Here are my reasons for being against funding embryonic stem cells research. One, the federal government should not be subsidizing anything like this. If there is promise for the kind of research, the market will make it profitable. If it is profitable, or even shows promise of being profitable, private business will fund it. Federal dollars are unnecessary.
Second, there is more and more success stories each day with adult stem cells, that with embryonic. That is why more private money is in adult stem cell research.
Here is an article I wrote when Bush vetoed the last attempt to fund embryonic stem cell research. It spells it out in a lot more detail.
