While Rome Burns

Every additional day we delay the stimulus bill, another 20,000 get downsized.
"All in all, more than $80 billion was cut from the plan, with the great bulk of those cuts falling on precisely the measures that would do the most to reduce the depth and pain of this slump." - Washington Post

"$1 billion federal investment in chemical sciences research and development gets amplified into a $40 billion boost to the nation's gross national product and can create or maintain 600,000 jobs." - Council for Chemical Research