Why are the taxes collected from working Americans being given to any private school much less one with 52 billion dollars in the bank??
We are paying 35% of their operating budget
We are paying 35% of their operating budget
Trump freezes 2.2B$ in funds to Harvard
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I don’t expect you to understand this, but it’s research grants. You know, where many of our innovations come from. They don’t all just materialize out of thin air or out of some billionaire’s stable of projects.
That’s a load of crap. They have 52 billion in the bank they can pay for it themselves.
I wonder what the last life changing discovery funded by our tax dollars is that has came out of Harvard???
Are you a troll here just to make MAGA look like complete morons?
The last one was 2024.
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- Smallpox Vaccine (1799): A significant breakthrough in preventing the deadly disease.
- Puerperal Fever (1843): Understanding the cause and prevention of this postpartum illness.
- Anesthesia (1846): Revolutionizing surgical procedures by providing pain relief.
- Appendicitis (1886): Advancements in understanding and treating this condition.
- Insect-Borne Disease Transmission, Scurvy, and Heat-Killed Vaccines (1890s-1910s): Important research in understanding and preventing diseases through these advancements.
- Electrocardiograph (1914): A tool for diagnosing heart conditions.
- Insulin (1922): A life-saving treatment for diabetes.
- MRI and CT Scans: Revolutionizing diagnostic medicine with non-invasive imaging techniques.
- Antibiotics, Vaccines, and Germ Theory: Important advancements in treating infections, preventing diseases, and understanding disease transmission, according to Osmosis.
- Protein Degradation: Understanding the mechanisms of protein breakdown, which is essential for brain and immune functions.
- MicroRNAs: Discovery of these tiny RNA molecules that regulate gene activity, earning Gary Ruvkun a Nobel Prize.
And here we see the central problem. Ignorant folk don’t truly understand how ignorant they are because why would they? Even with a world of knowledge at your fingertips, you choose to not go find that knowledge.
Timeline of Discovery
1799Smallpox vaccineBenjamin Waterhouse introduces the smallpox vaccine to the United States and helps gain acceptance for the new procedure.1843Puerperal fever Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever.1846AnesthesiaJohn Collins...
And that’s just medical.Timeline of Discovery
1799Smallpox vaccineBenjamin Waterhouse introduces the smallpox vaccine to the United States and helps gain acceptance for the new procedure.1843Puerperal fever Oliver Wendell Holmes identifies the cause and prevention of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever.1846AnesthesiaJohn Collins...hms.harvard.edu
Whenever you see an article that says “Scientists discover……whatever,” there is a 99% likelihood that it was a government grant that allowed them to do that research…at a college or university.
It boggles the mind how truly ignorant MAGA is.
$52,000,000,000 That's a lot of research, boys. How about Harvard spend a chunk of that before anymore of my tax dollars are sent to them?
Your tax dollars are sent to them because they lawfully requested and lawfully were granted those dollars according to rules and regulations that are currently in place. The federal government, for some reason, sees value in funding research because....wait for it....there is incredible value in it. Even the studies that we don't understand or see as "useless." Do you have any idea how many of our innovations and discoveries came in experiments and studies accidentally or incidentally? You might look it up. It's some pretty important stuff.
Imagine a world without the internet, or GPS, MRNA vaccines or the touchscreen on your iPhone. The science and technology that have become integral to our daily lives may never have existed, experts say, were it not for research funded by the federal government at American colleges and universities.
But as President Trump’s administration threatens to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding from colleges across the nation, the future of innovations like those – and America’s global leadership in research and development – could be at stake.
“It’s not hyperbole to say we could destroy a generation’s worth of scientific progress in this administration,” Jon Fansmith, senior vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education, told CNN.
“The implications are huge for every American, regardless of your political viewpoints.”
But as President Trump’s administration threatens to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding from colleges across the nation, the future of innovations like those – and America’s global leadership in research and development – could be at stake.
“It’s not hyperbole to say we could destroy a generation’s worth of scientific progress in this administration,” Jon Fansmith, senior vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education, told CNN.
“The implications are huge for every American, regardless of your political viewpoints.”
Endowments are meant to literally fund a university forever. So there are rules limiting how much money a school can withdraw from its endowment each year.
Last year, a $2.4 billion distribution from Harvard’s endowment accounted for more than a third of the university’s funding. But crucially, the university said 80% of that money was restricted for specific purposes, like financial aid, professorships and specific scholarships within certain schools.
Here is more:
Why colleges like Harvard can't easily use endowments to replace federal funding
Endowments aren’t a simple replacement for government funding because of restrictions related to donor earmarking, legality and research priorities, experts say.
www.nbcnews.com
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This isn’t Harvard, but it is one of the agencies that uninformed people keep wanting to take money from:
Bahahahahaha now they are doing the Michael Jackson moonwalk.
