"I have extreme confidence in what our scientists can do, especially when you stop giving them easy money" Yeah, as a scientist there's nothing like underfundi

"I have extreme confidence in what our scientists can do, especially when you stop giving them easy money" Yeah, as a scientist there's nothing like underfunding when it comes to doing great things! Having to reduce the team letting people go, work with obsolete/scarce equipment, and spend the majority of the time writing grant proposals to beg for some money to move forward, are great boosts indeed. And surely the great advances of science have not been associated to large labs with huge resources, often related to the deep pockets of the military...