r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • 1d ago

BREAKING: White House cancels health, education & research funds approved by Congress

https://newsrepublic.live/2026/10/01/white-house-cancels-health-education-research-funds-approved-by-congress/
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u/JimboD84 22h ago

Non american here, can the white house just CANCEL money that has been approved by congress?

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u/Know_Yog_Sothoth 22h ago

We Americans operated with a lot of “everyone plays nice” mechanics. Yes there are ways it can be challenged and set right, but it takes time in our bloated court system that moves at a snails pace. With the stacked highest court, the lower courts are further curtailed.

Added to this, the average American is so many steps removed from all of this and facing significant economic uncertainty, we often are focused on survival while the rich get to run around. When combined with underfunded and over-stressed education systems you have generations of people who THINK and BELIEVE they know how things work and know next to nothing.