why not just give the fucking money back instead of wasting it?
I see you've never been part of a budget meeting where an entire budget wasn't used.
In Government especially they are in a constant battle for more funding, whether they need it or not.
Because it is so competitive for money anyone who doesn't use their full budget has their next years budget cut to the amount used.
They can't just keep the money, they can't pay out bonuses, they have to use it 'as intended' which results in insane things done by the US military, the DEA / FBI / CIA etc. because they suddenly have their budgets increased and they just don't know how the hell to spend it all.
You wouldn't believe the amount of 'research' that gets approved that has little to no purpose simply because they need to max out their budget for the year and don't have any better way to spend it.
I'll see if I can find the article that quotes the scientists, it was from when the first story broke.
I see you've never been part of a budget meeting where an entire budget wasn't used.
In Government especially they are in a constant battle for more funding, whether they need it or not.
Because it is so competitive for money anyone who doesn't use their full budget has their next years budget cut to the amount used.
They can't just keep the money, they can't pay out bonuses, they have to use it 'as intended' which results in insane things done by the US military, the DEA / FBI / CIA etc. because they suddenly have their budgets increased and they just don't know how the hell to spend it all.
You wouldn't believe the amount of 'research' that gets approved that has little to no purpose simply because they need to max out their budget for the year and don't have any better way to spend it.
I'll see if I can find the article that quotes the scientists, it was from when the first story broke.