> Emigrate where? And why do you assume that the country you're gonna emigrate to will have the funds necessay to fund the research?

If the choice is between $0 in the US and >$0 someplace else, you emigrate to >$0 if you want to continue your research.

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tdb7893 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I know scientists who want to move back home but can't because where they are from doesn't have funding for the research they do. Even with the uncertain federal funding it's still more viable than many places around the world.

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closewith an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wonder where you suggest researchers go that is both granting funding and not attaching similar or more stringent strings to the money?

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Joker_vD 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well, for most "someplace else", the choice is =$0 too.

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tvink 2 hours ago | parent [-]

You don't think the rest of the world is doing funded research?

	▲	arjie an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Interestingly, if the US stopped spending you’d need the top 17 remaining countries to double their spending to absorb the American science industry. Doubling is a tall order and seventeen is a large number. Most likely fewer scientists will find employment in government funded academia if this came to be.