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by nerpderp82 265 days ago
Even when reversed, this is going to have a huge impact of the scientific standing of the US for a great long time.

These grants are the water, sun and food for all the PhDs in the US. We will now see the world flocking to Asia and Europe as the center of research.

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>These grants are the water, sun and food for all the PhDs in the US

Not just PhDs. R&D in general.

The big secret is the US government has been subsidizing corporate R&D for 70 years and people seem to have forgotten that fact.