Guest opinion: Why Trump should ignore Heritage Foundation plan to gut federal investment
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, President Trump is expected to outline budget priorities during an address to Congress. However, if Trump embraces proposals made by the conservative Heritage Foundation, the resulting cuts would “gut” federal investment and hurt U.S. competitiveness, productivity, and innovation, says the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. – In April 2011, the Heritage Foundation published a guide to spending cuts in the Department of Energy (DOE). The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) (along with the Breakthrough Institute and Americans for Energy Leadership) responded by pointing out...
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