If this is for science it's cutting off the nose to spite the face: the scientists are the ones that need the billions that are getting cut off and who are shut

If this is for science it's cutting off the nose to spite the face: the scientists are the ones that need the billions that are getting cut off and who are shutting down their labs right now. The humanities people have miniscule research budgets: they maybe need a couple grand to travel to an archive from time to time and that's about it.