[Brilliant]

Where does it talk about tax dollars?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Go to HotAir, click on the embedded link to the April article. It talks about budget woes.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Where does it talk about tax dollars?

This article only mentions that its current funding will be from private sources.

As for tax dollars, this Reuters news mentions it:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/13/us-space-search-idUSTRE77C20220110813

EXCERPT:

The SETI project was hit hard by recent federal government budget cuts and by cost-savings at UC Berkeley.

Pierson said the 27-year-old SETI Institute, which aside from overseeing the telescope array also researches origins of life in extreme environments and conducts public education, had received two-thirds of its funding from government sources.

[newzjunkey]

State & Fed "budget cuts" are why the radio telescope shut down.

Budget Cuts Shutdown SETI's Alien-Seeking Telescopes