science

The big problem is the US spent the vast majority of money on research funding for the world, and other countries got dependent on the US.

Now about $60B has been removed globally and G8 countries are not making up the shortfall. This means scientific suppliers and equipment manufacturers are dying.

This means zero progress in diseases research and no pipelines to pharma. NIH spending was a no-brainer, $40B into trillion dollar industry that all moved from Europe. What Republicans understood in the past was this spending was driving US industry, while modern Republicans want this industry replaced with supplements and herbs and feathers.

There is an opportunity for UK, EU and Canada to steal a trillion dollar industry cheap but politicians have zero vision worldwide.