Neil deGrasse Tyson might need some balm after burning himself with this budget hot take

There’s plenty of debate going on about President Trump’s budget proposal, and the super science-y Neil deGrasse Tyson tried to put one area into perspective:

Not that anybody asked, but the combined Federal budgets for the NEA & NEH equals what Americans spend annually on lip balm.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

Careful with that approach, NDT:

https://twitter.com/sirensoIiIoquy/status/844583086700597249

So they could easily be funded by donations. Good job figuring that out for us. https://t.co/A6jvvt4X3f

— takashi I hate everything yamamoto (@drunkenalpaca) March 22, 2017

It would not be unprecedented.

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