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Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research — now he's trying to destroy future science

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The administration is trying to unilaterally slash billions of dollars from the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) and the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) Amanda Marcotte : It's no surprise that Trump hates science.

She says the president and his shadow president Elon Musk are waging a highly illegal rampage through the federal budget.

Marcotte says if it weren't for government-funded research, Musk would be an anonymous failson living off daddy's money.

Elon Musk's ingratitude is breathtaking.

He started Tesla with a generous loan from the Department of Energy .

Musk isn't a scientist, he just plays one for TV. He's probably taking his insecurities out on people whose only crime is being what he only pretends to be.

Elon: His petty psychodrama will have real impacts on the whole human race.

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