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Old 02-08-2025, 02:25 PM   #1
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FElon wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.

But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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Old 02-08-2025, 02:42 PM   #2
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This is how MAGA logic works

They can round people up
They can put them in camps
They can villainized them
They can separate children
They can deport people to unsafe and other dictators
They can use them as scapegoats for the nation’s problems

But you can’t compare them to 1930 or 1940 Germany

Even if 99% of their rhetoric behaviors and actions mirror what happened in Germany

And their defense …. Is. Well we haven’t gassed them or killed them ….. AND AM I SUPPOSED TO PAT THEM ON THEIR BACKS FOR STOPPING THERE?

It’s like claiming not to be a rapist because you didn’t stick it in him or her
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Old 02-08-2025, 03:00 PM   #3
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FElon wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.

But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
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It’s just an attack on woke universities.

Nearly all of these “cuts” are politically driven with zero thought into the negative ramifications.

Musk thinks he can replace most of the government with an AI bot and eliminate all the pesky regulations impacting his businesses.

When the working class wakes up to what’s really going on it’s going to be ugly.
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When the working class wakes up to what’s really going on it’s going to be ugly.
I really think one big problem is the young are more interested in their social media feeds and are either tuned out to what is happening, or believing all the spin those working this coup are putting on their phones. If and when the massive marches and demonstrations begin, I hope the military aren’t going to blindly follow orders if those orders means silencing free speech by force. Wait until the job market that clearly shows what Trump and Musk are up to tanks, hope you are too heavily invested in the stock market.
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