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title: "Why You Should Care About the Federal Budget"
summary: |-
  The 2015 budget proposal does not do enough to assist American manufacturers.
date: "2014-03-20"
issues: ["Manufacturing", "Taxes and Budget"]
authors: ["Robert D. Atkinson"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/03/20/why-you-should-care-about-federal-budget/"
---

# Why You Should Care About the Federal Budget

The President’s FY 2015 budget proposal does direct funding toward a number of important initiatives in R&D, while also spurring the commercialization of innovations. However, it does not arrest the long-term trend of continued underinvestment in the core building blocks of U.S. competitiveness.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/03/20/why-you-should-care-about-federal-budget/*