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Let's ignore the fact that congress and not the president that allocates funding, and the fact that "scientific funding" is not a recognized obligation or even

Let's ignore the fact that congress and not the president that allocates funding, and the fact that "scientific funding" is not a recognized obligation or even right of any branch of the US government, and therefore hardly qualifies as an institution, and the fact that "scientific funding" included things like spending $14,000,000 to have monkeys play a "Price Is Right"-inspired video game[1]. Can you share exactly how much less was spent on "scientific funding" by the US government in 2025, and how exactly that amounts to Trump burning down the institutions? [1]: https://www.independent.org/article/2025/12/30/2025-festivus-wasteful-spending/ https://www.independent.org/article/2025/12/30/2025-festivus...

smcg 23d ago
you're the one using the line "burning down institutions". they are not burning down, but they are on fire, and we are already feeling very significant effects from this. The Trump admin is illegally witholding allocated funds. Take the EPA for another example. There have been so many layoffs, so many departments that just don't answer the phone any more because they don't have any staff. Over 20% of the EPA staff was laid off. A lot of this is in research departments. The downstream effect will be felt for decades even if you aren't feeling it now.
- flanked-evergl 23d ago
  > you're the one using the line "burning down institutions No. I'm not. The post I responded to literally said: "By burning the institutions down", which is why I asked "Which institutions has Trump burned down?" > Take the EPA for another example EPA is not an institution, it's a regulatory body which is part of the executive branch of the US government. Also very odd that you did not actually address my question: how much less was spent on "scientific funding" by the US government in 2025?

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Let's ignore the fact that congress and not the president that allocates funding, and the fact that "scientific funding" is not a recognized obligation or even

by flanked-evergl 23d ago

smcg 23d ago
you're the one using the line "burning down institutions". they are not burning down, but they are on fire, and we are already feeling very significant effects from this. The Trump admin is illegally witholding allocated funds. Take the EPA for another example. There have been so many layoffs, so many departments that just don't answer the phone any more because they don't have any staff. Over 20% of the EPA staff was laid off. A lot of this is in research departments. The downstream effect will be felt for decades even if you aren't feeling it now.
- flanked-evergl 23d ago
  > you're the one using the line "burning down institutions No. I'm not. The post I responded to literally said: "By burning the institutions down", which is why I asked "Which institutions has Trump burned down?" > Take the EPA for another example EPA is not an institution, it's a regulatory body which is part of the executive branch of the US government. Also very odd that you did not actually address my question: how much less was spent on "scientific funding" by the US government in 2025?