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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by tstactplsignore on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:10AM (#42944526)
Voters are overwhelmingly in favor of funding US science. They are overwhelmingly in favor funding US international aid. The public thinks we spend way more on these than we do.

The idea that the blatantly illegal actions by the current administration reflect public will simply isn't based in any kind of reality- just calling it out as a lie.

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Re:What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF by scarab92 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @03:27AM (#42945648)
I'm sure voters have more nuanced opinions than just "science" and "foreign aid".

For example, I suspect the public strongly supports taxpayer funding of medical research, but strongly opposes taxpayer funding for social sciences.

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