Last year, support for the social and behavioral sciences represented only about three percent of the goverment's total budget for research funds in the United States, Thus, the particularly sharp reductions imposed on such programs this year seem dicated not by financial constraints but by social philosophy.
(A) The goverment funds allocated for research in the social and be havioral sciences are not sufficient for the work that needs to be done.
(E) Three percent is an insignificant portion of the government's total budget for research funds.