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>>>Without the USGS who is going to do the earthquake studies, the volcano studies, other geologic hazard studies, etc.? The answer of course is, no one. But my experience has been that reality has no power to influence political fanatics of any persuasion. I suppose that all those fuzzy minded liberals in Germany and Japan will handle the first two — at least as far as basic research goes, and that no one will do the third.