Outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on March 7, people protest severe funding cuts to disease and biomedical research (AAP/Aaron Schwartz) Source: AAP / Michael Nigro / Aaron Schwartz/Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA
在不到两个月的时间里，埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的 “政府效率部”（Department of Government Efficiency），简称DOGE，声称通过削减联邦合同和人员节省了超过 1000 亿美元。
然而批评者认为，意识形态和自身利益，而不是效率和省钱，才是这些变化背后的真正驱动力。
Protesters gather to rally against cuts to science and research funding outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on March 7 (AAP/Aaron Schwartz) Source: AAP / Michael Nigro / Aaron Schwartz/Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA
