Re: Gutting USAID

On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 01:01:10 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

The press is running for the fainting couch over Trump setting DOGE loose on
USAID with plans to gut the entire organization.
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Here's a small taste of what USAID has been doing with your tax money:
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--$1.5 million to advance DEI programs in Serbia's workplaces
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--$70,000 to produce a DEI musical in Ireland
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--$47,000 to produce a transgender opera in Colombia
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--$32,000 to publish a transgender comic book in Peru
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...and the list goes on.
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They don't need to just put a stop to outrageous spending of tax dollars on
crap like this, they need to burn down the entire organization and start from
scratch.
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Why, as an American taxpayer, do I even care if Serbia's workplaces have DEI,
let alone want to spend millions on it?!? If Serbia wants DEI, they can damn
well fund it themselves.
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Same with Ireland. If it loves DEI so much it wants to praise it in the form
of musical theater, then Ireland can pay for it.
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And Colombia... and Peru. Why in the fuck are we spending untold amounts of
our money on this crap in the first place, let alone for other countries?
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It amazes me how everyone think the world is entitled to our tax
dollars.