Bipartisan Support for Science

   
In a blogpost by my colleague Andres Cikota entitled "A Bipartisan Cause (Again)," he argues that the United States needs to increase funding for research and development in order to keep and pace and surpass other nations such as China. He points out how during the Cold War the United States outspent the Soviet Union and therefore was able to dominate space exploration and other science fields. In recent times, however, the United States has fallen behind in science spending and therefore fallen behind other countries in progress. My colleague argues that the United States needs to increase their research and development spending and applauds a current Senate Bill that is attempting to do that. Through the use of a very helpful analogy, my colleague is able to show why the US needs to increase spending. This helps him to persuade readers to agree with what he is arguing.
I agree with my colleague's commentary about the increase in spending needed for research and development in the United States. I believe that agencies such as NASA are incredibly underfunded. In order for our nation to compete with other nations we must fund these agencies. Do you really want to see a Russian flag or a Chinese flag or a European flag on Mars before the Stars and Stripes?