Unless it’s a contract for something the US Gov’t actually needs, all of this funding should be canceled. Funding research, beneficial or not, is not a part of the gov’t’s constitutional authority.
“…the threatened cutbacks to U.S. university science will damage Americans’ health”
Yes, millions will die!
Why would you fund people who hate you?
When the government funds research, it is often funding propaganda and slanted results — but the propaganda may not be sought by the government (sometimes it is) but may instead be bad information being fed to the government to divert policy in a way that is useful to a third party. Bureaucrats often don’t care — they’re just moving money from one pocket to another and the results are “whatever”.
When a corporation funds research, it wants solid results and will take steps to make sure that it is spending money wisely.
Let corporations fund Harvard. Taxpayers should not fund Harvard.
Harvard and Columbia are as worthless as the U.N. Third Worlder Treehouse. All they care about is the hatred of America and Americans. Now the Euro Peon “leaders” are beggin Joe Pedo the Retard to come back. They’re all broke and need somebody to run their countries for them.
I know folks at MIT and U.Penn whose NSF grants on materials research, astrophysics, computer security, etc... are completely untouched.
Maybe Trump is only targeting grants that deal with race-marxism, DEI, LGBTQ studies, etc...
Just a thought....
There is actually no reason for the Trump administration being nice to these institutions. They are implacable political enemies.
Beat them with a 2x4 until they get the message.
As Margaret Thatcher said many years ago, “Socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money”
New York has been the Financial Capital of America for many, many decades.
Just wait until Wall Street moves to greener pastures.
Wall Street is the home for Stock, Bond, and Commodity Trading. That made sense in past days when ‘open outcry’ in the trading pits set the price for a stock, bond, or commodity.
Fast forward to today and 95% or more of stock, bond, and commodity trading in done online.
It will be no big deal for Wall Street to move the trading computers to greener pastures where capitalism is appreciated.
On the other hand, I have done basic research in native plant ecology on my own nickel. For a university, it would be fairly expensive because of the time it takes supporting very laborious work with little prospect of economic return. That does not mean substantial economic benefits can't be derived, quite the contrary. That paradox results from the political control derived from a grant funded operation as coupled with the leverage corporate interests have exerted over regulatory agencies.