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From Reuters: "But Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Republican director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), said the agencies Musk and Trump have targeted t

From Reuters: "But Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Republican director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), said the agencies Musk and Trump have targeted to date account for a tiny fraction of the overall federal budget ... They are not going to go into agencies that are doing things they like. They are going into agencies they disagree with," Holtz-Eakin, who has participated in past tax and spending negotiations in Congress, told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-cuts-based-more-political-ideology-than-real-cost-savings-so-far-2025-02-12/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-cuts-based-more-politi...

refurb 2y ago
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- nxobject 2y ago
  They don't like the NIH, the CDC, or the Human Services part of HHS, that's for sure. Hell, they don't like the NIH so much that they're willing to overlook the fact that the basic biomedical research infrastructure in this country is essentially reliant on it. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/13/upshot/nih-trump-funding-cuts.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/13/upshot/nih-tr...
- fabian2k 2y ago
  They're trying pretty hard to kill a large part of the scientific research happening in the US right now. They're messing with NIH and NSF grants, the cap on indirect costs is likely going to decimate research at universities. And even if some or most of these drastic changes are reversed, the enormous uncertainty they're introducing will likely reduce future investments in scientific fields.
- ModernMech 2y ago
  > I’m pretty sure Musk and Trump like science and they reviewed HHS. Trump and Musk are poised to destroy science research in America. Actual scientists are all scrambling to save their jobs and research.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  You’re pretty sure Trump likes science? LOL. Please.
  - philk10 2y ago
    Ask him how dropping magnets in water stops them working
    - insane_dreamer 2y ago
      Or how injecting disinfectants like bleach might help get rid of COVID viruses. (Actually, he's right -- it would probably kill the virus; the only problem is that you'd be dead, so maybe not the best and brightest idea.) Also, plastic straws don't harm the environment. Oooh, science!
  - croisillon 2y ago
    he likes science so much that he watches the eclipse directly in the eyes
BurningFrog 2y ago
Writing the post mortem for a two year project after a few weeks seems unserious.
- freen 2y ago
  Tackling the “budget” by having an llm screen NSF grants for the word “bias” IS unserious.

refurb 2y ago

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nxobject 2y ago
They don't like the NIH, the CDC, or the Human Services part of HHS, that's for sure. Hell, they don't like the NIH so much that they're willing to overlook the fact that the basic biomedical research infrastructure in this country is essentially reliant on it. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/13/upshot/nih-trump-funding-cuts.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/02/13/upshot/nih-tr...
fabian2k 2y ago
They're trying pretty hard to kill a large part of the scientific research happening in the US right now. They're messing with NIH and NSF grants, the cap on indirect costs is likely going to decimate research at universities. And even if some or most of these drastic changes are reversed, the enormous uncertainty they're introducing will likely reduce future investments in scientific fields.
ModernMech 2y ago
> I’m pretty sure Musk and Trump like science and they reviewed HHS. Trump and Musk are poised to destroy science research in America. Actual scientists are all scrambling to save their jobs and research.
insane_dreamer 2y ago
You’re pretty sure Trump likes science? LOL. Please.
- philk10 2y ago
  Ask him how dropping magnets in water stops them working
  - insane_dreamer 2y ago
    Or how injecting disinfectants like bleach might help get rid of COVID viruses. (Actually, he's right -- it would probably kill the virus; the only problem is that you'd be dead, so maybe not the best and brightest idea.) Also, plastic straws don't harm the environment. Oooh, science!
- croisillon 2y ago
  he likes science so much that he watches the eclipse directly in the eyes

BurningFrog 2y ago

Writing the post mortem for a two year project after a few weeks seems unserious.

freen 2y ago
Tackling the “budget” by having an llm screen NSF grants for the word “bias” IS unserious.