Agreed. The point being, however, that there is an interruption in the planning cycle for the next series of research projects that involve getting in the private sector and providing money to scientists who are going to work on future projects. The multi-year funding is effectively tied up, because these are multi-year projects that are planned and put into the mill. They're not projects that get done in one year, and then the next year you decide what you're going to do. They have long-term funding.
We know, for example, in the field that I was involved with, the space field, you give us money, but we tie up that money for the next six years--the time it takes to complete a project. So it's effectively locked in, and it doesn't allow new initiatives to occur. I think that clarification is very important. I don't think the media understand it, but I would hope it is something you could clarify for the media.