Re:NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with executive or...
by jmull on Friday January 31, 2025 @02:06PM
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Like I said, watch what they do. The narratives people promote are self-serving and often counter-factual.
Federal spending went up during our current president's last administration (and down the following administration). It's almost certainly going up again this time. The deficit doubly so.
Re:NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with executive or...
by ahmeneeroe-v2 on Friday January 31, 2025 @02:12PM
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100% agree. We'll see if this is yet another plutocratic shakedown of the American people or is possibly the start of something new (good bad or otherwise).
I do agree that this is a totally new paradigm, but I would call it more of a popular revolution than a "power/money grab".
I'd also characterize the last system (which you described perfectly btw) as corrupt and ineffective. The most non-political evidence I can offer is the observation that spending decisions only ever went one direction: more spending. This probably seems fair at the "dem vs gop" level but too the taxpayer it was more theft every year.
So this newly emerging system does appear more susceptible to corruption, so I totally agree with you there, but as a taxpayer I am very happy that someone is slowing down spending.