This is bad news because it will severely diminish our many leading research universities. Perhaps, if the government intended to fund education to compensate f

This is bad news because it will severely diminish our many leading research universities. Perhaps, if the government intended to fund education to compensate for crippling these institutions, an argument could be made in favor. But the current government has the opposite priority and is actively suing and threatening universities. This is only good news if you want to see the decline of the United States.