Scientists laid off due to budget cuts

Let's go to war... AGAIN! And cost more jobs... AGAIN! What a brilliant Country I live in... -_-
 
At Arkansas State University, 30 scientists and researchers have lost or will lose jobs by October from federal budget cuts at the defense and education departments that funded research detecting bombs and nerve agents.
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they probably didn't produce a viable result to justify millions of dollars.

and... they should be able to find a job anywhere in the world especially private sector but if they were not able to get hired anywhere - it's probably because those 30 scientists/researchers are useless. they should probably re-evaluate their career goals.

At the University of Chicago, 3 laboratories have closed, costing six medical researchers jobs treating cancer, healing wounds and gastro-intestinal problems, due to funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health.
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probably didn't produce a viable result to justify the spending. and c'mon... University of Chicago? one of the best universities in the world? they should be able to figure out how to get fundings from anybody especially wealthy alumnus.

"My post-doctoral student is facing losing a job in coming months if no new NIH funding comes in," said Professor Yuntao Wu at George Mason University's National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases and the Department of Molecular and Microbiology.

Wu has already laid off one technician at his lab, which works with a compound derived from soybeans to treat HIV. "We are facing closing the whole lab. That takes many years to build," he added.
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oh boo hoo hoo! time to get out of university life and get into real world like... private sector.

Scientists and lobbying groups say the funding climate endangers a generation of future scientists and breakthroughs.

"The data shows that deep cuts to federal investments in research are tearing at the fabric of the nation's scientific enterprise and have a minimal impact on overcoming our national debt and deficit problems," said Benjamin Corb, spokesman for the biochemistry group.
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nah. I think this is a wake-up call for them to start being pragmatic and realistic.
 
Jiro said:
they probably didn't produce a viable result to justify millions of dollars.

and... they should be able to find a job anywhere in the world especially private sector but if they were not able to get hired anywhere - it's probably because those 30 scientists/researchers are useless. they should probably re-evaluate their career goals.
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Well, talking about re-evaluate their careers, they'll be suckers after they learn this:
Some 2-year degrees pay off better than BAs - Sep. 4, 2013
 
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