On: White House proposes steep budget cut to NOAA

[ra1n85]

I'll ignore the ad hominem.

Minus SS, it's still less than 21% of total federal spending.

[1_2__3 → ra1n85]

If you're going to concede that point (ss) then the same applies to Medicare. This completely destroying your argument coincidentally.

[ra1n85 → 1_2__3]

It doesn't. Defense spending is not 60% of the "budget". Further, it's not a large component of the total federal budget.

[peteretep → ra1n85]

    > I'll ignore the ad hominem

Insulting someone's intelligence is not an example of the ad hominem fallacy.