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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by duskwuff on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:43PM (#43227372)
Alternatively: we need to rein in the powers of the presidency. Right now we've got a dynamic of "the president says what to do and the legislature obeys" (or, recently, "the president does stuff on his own"); we might be better off with "Congress decides what to do and the president makes it happen".
Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by llm_trw on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:48PM (#43227416)
California has half the population of Germany and twice the GPD.

We can't pretend the US is some dinky country in Europe that can be ruled the same way.

Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by beardedwizard on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:08AM (#43227575)
How long will California maintain GDP dominance when major parts of business are in the pocket of Trump? Won't they just pack up and leave, tanking Californias economy with it?
Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by llm_trw on Sunday March 02, 2025 @02:30AM (#43228205)
Longer than Germany at the rate things are going in Germany.
Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by mdemare on Sunday March 02, 2025 @03:27PM (#43234682)
Half the population, and the same GDP.
Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by SubiculumCode on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:29AM (#43227705)
The problem is that the president can direct funding to primary a congressman. There are ways to make that harder to do, but they have to try
Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by dragonwriter on Sunday March 02, 2025 @03:29PM (#43234705)
Oh, so Congress makes law and the President sees that the law is faithfully executed?

We should definitely amend the Constitution to include that.