I’m not disagreeing. The report isn’t clear. This is written by people asking Congress for a budget cut.

NSF programs indirectly impact millions of people, reaching PreK-12 students and teachers, the general public, and researchers

The actual impact to the pipeline may be far larger.

Graduate students provide enormous value for their cost in funding. I’d like to better understand how k-12 students contribute here. Those students make up 88.7k of the reduction. How much do these students contribute and at what cost?

I’m in no way against inspiring the next generation. My question is aimed at correctly interpreting this table. The NSF is a worthwhile expense, but let’s understand the data we have.

Merrick Garland is no longer attorney general. What do you expect him to do?