Editor, Gazette-Journal:You have probably heard about President Trump cutting billions of dollars in research grants from some universities. And—no doubt—you have heard the left scream “people will die!” as a result.
It is true that Trump withheld billions in funding to universities which are breaking the law by continuing racist DEI policies and by not controlling antisemitism on their campus. He has every right to stop taxpayer dollars from supporting such vile activities and to force their discontinuation.
It is not true that people will die. Individual academics can apply directly to the government for research funding. The government can weigh the merits of that specific project and determine if it will benefit Americans and thereby warrant taxpayer dollars. In addition to using funding to force recalcitrant universities to stop breaking the law, President Trump is practicing fiscal responsibility by addressing the practice of the government shoveling billions of dollars to a univ...