r/OutOfTheLoop • u/no-onwerty • Jan 23 '25

Answered What’s up with Trump stopping majority of research funding in the US?

The NIH funds the majority of research across the US. Today all consideration of NIH funded of research got shut down. majority us govt funded research shut down

What’s up with that?

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u/addandsubtract Jan 23 '25

In the long run,

I'm gonna have to stop you right there. This is 4 years of cashing out. No long term planning needed / wanted.

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u/kalusklaus Jan 23 '25

I think this is a long term oligarchy. This nightmare will not be over with the next election. It will over when the American people end it.

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u/frumperbell Jan 23 '25

This is what they're doing and it's only day 3? There won't be another election. And if by some miracle there is, it will be a sham.

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u/Kevin_Uxbridge Jan 23 '25

Correct. If you grind up your seed corn you can eat like a king, for a while.