Re: [Obama agenda, Biden unaware...] Federal Health Agency Caught in $241M Tax Scheme Involving DEI Scientist Hires

On 2024-05-05, Leroy N. Soetoro <[email protected]> wrote:
> https://www.caredoctor.com/federal-health-agency-caught-in-241m-tax-
> scheme-involving-dei-scientist-hires/
>
> The National Institutes of Health, a federal health agency, has been 
> caught in a $241 million tax scheme allegedly involving the hiring of 
> diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) scientists. 
>
> According to the National Association of Scholars (NAS), a right-leaning 
> organization, the NIH’s Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable 
> Transformation (FIRST) program is a scheme that pushes for diversity more 
> than anything else.
>
> What Is DEI?
> DEI has been in the news quite a lot recently, thanks to many in 
> conservative circles who have called out the practice of trying to create 
> more diverse and equitable playing fields in industries around the United 
> States.
>
> DEI attempts to allow underrepresented people, such as minorities or 
> women, into more desirable jobs that they may not easily get on their own, 
> thanks to discrimination in the workforce or on college campuses.
>
> Criticisms of DEI
> Though DEI was made to try to help many get ahead in fields they might not 
> be able to, countless critics have recently begun to come out against DEI.
>
> These critics have claimed that, in its effort to stop discrimination 
> against women and minorities, DEI has become racist against straight, 
> white males. 
>
> An NIH Scheme
> Now, NAS and conservatives have accused the NIH of creating a scheme using 
> $241 million of taxpayer money to push for more scientists from minority 
> backgrounds, rather than pushing for scientists based on their abilities. 
>
> The NIH’s FIRST program pays universities around the United States to hire 
> various biomedical researchers. The program does push for what the NIH 
> calls “inclusive excellence.” 
>
> Quality Before Ideology
> According to the critics of this alleged scheme, the NIH should only be 
> thinking of the quality of the program’s candidates. Instead, they are 
> thinking with an “ideological agenda.”
>
> As a result, the NIH is putting ideology before quality — and critics 
> believe it should be the other way around. Open the Books, a transparency 
> watchdog, has also backed NAS’ claims and has said that the NIH’s FIRST 
> program is a complete waste of American taxpayers’ money. 
>
> DEI At American Universities
> This NIH program grants millions of dollars to U.S. colleges around the 
> country if they tick the right DEI boxes, according to these allegations.
>
> So far, the NIH has already sent out many grants to about 16 different 
> colleges in 2021 alone. Recently, the program funded four awards for $64 
> million. Open the Books has stated that this program will cost taxpayers 
> about $241 million in just nine years.
>
> Recent Grants
> Some of the most recent grants have gone to schools like the University of 
> South Carolina and the University of New Mexico, which received $13 
> million and $15.6 million from the NIH’s FIRST program, respectively.
>
> Northwestern University also received a recent grant from the program of 
> about $16 million. However, these three colleges aren’t alone. Data shows 
> that the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Tuskegee University, Cornell 
> University, and Florida State University have also received money.
>
> Only Supporting DEI Candidates
> According to these new allegations, NIH’s FIRST program is only awarding 
> grants to universities that support DEI. Critics have stated that this 
> does the entire university, and its scientists, a disservice. 
>
> For example, claims have also been made that the program will consider 
> anyone who says they will “treat everyone the same” — regardless of their 
> gender, skin color, or sexual orientation — at a disadvantage. 
>
> Pushing Diversity
> Instead, the program is looking for candidates who state that they value 
> diversity above all else. These applicants are also required to submit 
> “diversity statements” that support DEI.
>
> Using words like “equity” and “racial justice” has also allowed 
> universities and candidates to get ahead of those who don’t, according to 
> NAS fellow John Sailer. 
>
> Not Choosing the Best Candidates
> According to Sailer, this practice conducted by the NIH is hurting 
> scientists and universities around the country. Instead of giving grants 
> to those who are the best in their field, the NIH is only giving money to 
> those who push DEI talking points.
>
> Sailer has claimed that this practice isn’t right, as it reveals how 
> universities and the government are putting political ideologies above the 
> quality of research.
>
> Hampering Medical Research
> Sailer, in a Wall Street Journal piece, also explained how this decision 
> fully hampers medical research in the country. “In medical research, lives 
> depend on putting excellence first,” he explained.
>
> “The NIH distorts that value, subordinating it to political ideology and 
> endangering those it’s supposed to serve,” Sailer added.
>
> DEI’s Latest Fight
> These latest allegations are just the latest fight against DEI, mainly 
> from conservative circles. Many moves have been made by organizations and 
> local governments to stop DEI, as they say it is hurting American society.
>
> As a result of this change of thought, DEI has been halted in various 
> places. For example, the University of Florida cut all of its DEI 
> positions after new state regulations were passed. 
>
>
This just demonstrates the incompetence of the Biden administration.
Actually this is like asking Michael Jordan how to shoot a foul shot and him answering well I 
really don't know.

Biden needs more DEI. 

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Nobody else is even close. Including Jimmy Carter.
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