Roy Spencer's Minimalized Government

Roy Spencer, July 5, 2011:

"I view my job a little like a legislator, supported by the taxpayer, to protect the interests of the taxpayer and to minimize the role of government."

Roy Spencer, today:

It’s true that the “golden age” of state-of-the-art Earth-observation science missions is gradually ending. There is currently a real problem that no government agency has been specifically funded to carry on climate observations into the future....

Perhaps, as Spencer advocates for "poor people," the private sector can coordinate charity for a new satellite.