Trump would hit National Weather Service with $75 million cut

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The National Weather Service budget would be cut by $75 million, as part of nearly $1 billion in cuts to its parent National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the 2020 budget proposed by the Trump administration.

The proposed cuts would mean layoffs of 250 meteorologists and 70 other professionals, according to an analysis by Forbes' science writer Dennis Merserean.

The cuts were described as "beyond the limit of rationality," by retired KING-TV meteorologist Jeff Renner.

"It is one thing to offer opinions on a subject of which you have no knowledge," Renner wrote on his Facebook page. "It is another to ridicule accepted research and knowledge by those possessing expertise in a field in which you are illiterate, but this is guaranteed to cost loves. It's an act of homicide and anyone who supports it is an accessory to homicide."

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[lunatica]

1. That's extremely dangerous!

We need more weather related services and research, not less!

[MineralMan]

4. Yes. Nex, we'll hear him say, "We had no way of knowing that Category 5 Hurricane

would hit. If only we had ways to predict such disasters..."

[lunatica]

7. He's such an Idiocrat that he probably believes weather doesn't apply

to him.

Or maybe he thinks us taxpayers will pay to repair damage to his property.

Either way he isn’t any more immune to weather than the rest of us.

[lpbk2713]

8. "Load up a couple of cases of paper towels in AF-1, boys."

"I'm gonna go make a photo op. And that will be all the
disaster recovery assistance they will get from me."

[MineralMan]

2. Freaking moron!

This is because of his idiotic stance on climate change, which has been altering weather patterns world-wide.

May his already tiny dick shrivel and drop off!

[keithbvadu2]

3. Need the money for his fake emergency wall.

Need the money for his fake emergency wall.

[Ohiogal]

5. His complete and utter ignorance and arrogance

completely boggles my mind.

[BeyondGeography]

6. What he said

[struggle4progress]

9. "We think that what you don't know about wind storms will just blow you away!"

[scrutineer]

10. Trump's Pick to Lead Weather Agency Spent 30 Years Fighting It

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-06-14/trump-s-pick-to-lead-weather-agency-spent-30-years-fighting-it

Where there's stupid, Rick Santorum can't be too far away.

[Freethinker65]

11. The NWS is deep state. Too much reliance on liberal science and facts. Just pray bad weather away.

The GOP is insane.

[progressoid]

12. How many trips to Mar a Lago is that?

[yonder]

15. +/- 6?

Thereabouts?

[Baitball Blogger]

13. What could possibly go wrong?

[Flaleftist]

14. The House approves the budget and appropriates funds, right?

So couldn't they just take Trump's proposed budget and make changes, like not cutting funds for the NWS?

[Doodley]

16. Deep cuts across the board are needed for Trump"s tax cuts for the short-lived.

[Bengus81]

17. More proof those tax cuts for Corporations and the RICH are NOT working and taking a toll..........

No telling what that POS will want to GUT next.