Re: Gutting USAID

On Feb 4, 2025 at 9:59:17 AM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:

On 2/4/2025 9:43 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

 On Feb 4, 2025 at 8:27:31 AM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
 

 On 2/3/2025 10:19 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

   On Feb 3, 2025 at 9:57:31 PM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
  

   On 2/3/2025 9:35 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

     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.

    
     I don't care. Elon Musk isn't fucking president of the United States;
     Trump needs to reign this guy in.
    

     Here's a small taste of what USAID has been doing with your tax money:

    
     I'm sure every single government agency, including Library of Congress,
     has absurd spending on pointless projects. But true government reform
     takes real work, not just these power trips locking all the employees
     out. Or lobby Congress to sunset the agency. Anything is better than
     these stupid games.
    

   I had a thought tonight.. .If we don't fund these programs what if China
   steps in to do so? Then what happens?

  
   If China wants to fund a DEI musical in Ireland, let them.
  
   If China wants to throw its money away paying for transgender operas in
   Colombia, who cares?

 
 USAID does a lot more that DEI. This is the new boogey man y'all are so
 afraid of, a coupla years ago it was critical race theory.

 
 DEI is just CRT with a shiny new name.
 

So what do you care?

Because it's neo-Marxist and racist and my tax money shouldn't even be going
to fund it *here* in America, let alone paying for it in other countries.

If other countries want it, let them frakking pay for it themselves. Why is
this such a hard concept to comprehend?

 USAID does a lot more, like feed hungry people,
provide medical care, build infrastructure and other humane help.

And it sounds like those are the programs Rubio will keep in place now that
it's under the State Department.

This is just to take eyes away from what Musk is doing with access to
Treasury information. When your pension is cut, then let me know how
much you care about DEI.

Pensions are legally binding contracts. If they try and cut those, they'll be
shot down by the courts before the ink is dry on the order. And what would my
pension have to do with DEI in the first place? If they cut my pension why
would my feelings about DEI change?