Letter to the editor: Cuts to research not good for region

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Letter to the editor: Cuts to research not good for region

Tribune-Review | Tuesday, April 1, 2025 9:00 a.m.

As someone who was born and raised in Pittsburgh but a product of European immigration, I’d like to move on.

I’m a commercial union carpenter. I typically build local hospitals and research facilities for a living. A career anyone should be proud to have. Lately though, things aren’t looking so good.

The Trump administration has implemented steep cuts to the work medical researchers do. This means that hundreds of millions of dollars that were previously going to support research and the expenses associated with the overhead of facilities will be cut to offset tax breaks for the rich.

I think my kids are going to love living in Italy.

Philip Vecchio

New Kensington

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