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I love the conservative talking point of “If Trump did [good thing], I bet you’d STILL hate him” because it’s always something he’d never do. The best is when it’s something he’s actually just done the opposite of though.Hmm imagine that, difficult things are hard to solve. Guess what, HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. People can have it and live completely normal lives thanks to new medications. PrEP can prevent new HIV infections now with almost 100% effectiveness. Certain cancers are basically completely curable now, and others have greatly increased remission rates. Thanks to funding for research which is realistically a tiny percentage of the federal budget.
No, I don’t think I’m smarter than those people. But I’m smart enough to recognize that a huge portion of research funding goes to admin and boards at those nonprofits instead of the actual research. Sometimes it’s only a small percentage that goes where it’s supposed to. There’s a lot of waste, and cutting the budget might force them to use the money more efficiently.