Comment Comment by timr > I'm not sure what your point is here.My point is that the instinct to be partisan on this issue is inane, but also factually incorrect.> Yes, the screwworm problem predates the funding cut.Great, so we're agreed that this is at least a bi-partisan problem.> Surely that should prompt an increase or at least a maintenance of existing funding for monitoring programs though, certainly not a decrease.Fortunately, it is. This was linked directly from TFA:https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/nws-visit... parent timr 4 months ago
My point is that the instinct to be partisan on this issue is inane, but also factually incorrect.
> Yes, the screwworm problem predates the funding cut.
Great, so we're agreed that this is at least a bi-partisan problem.
> Surely that should prompt an increase or at least a maintenance of existing funding for monitoring programs though, certainly not a decrease.
Fortunately, it is. This was linked directly from TFA:
https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/nws-visit...