Sujet : Re: Gutting USAID
De : nobody (at) *nospam* nowhere.com (moviePig)
Groupes : rec.arts.tvDate : 17. Feb 2025, 21:18:37
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On 2/17/2025 12:19 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Feb 16, 2025 at 7:56:01 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 2/16/2025 6:58 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Feb 16, 2025 at 2:37:29 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 2/16/2025 5:00 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Feb 16, 2025 at 12:14:19 PM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
On 2/16/2025 2:35 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
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To all the people defending the USAID spending, name any other country
that taxes their citizens and sends the money to the United States.
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Umm, the idea is to send money to countries poorer than the sender...
Really? So Ireland is so poor it needs the U.S. taxpayer to fund its DEI
musicals, does it?
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Your contention seems to be that other countries should send the U.S.
money ...because reciprocity. My description of the practice clarifies
why the U.S., as the richest country, is never a recipient.
The U.S isn't the richest country. Both China and Luxembourg are richer than
the U.S. as a percentage of per capita GDP.
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"With contributions totaling more than €64.4 million to date, Luxembourg
is one of the Global Fund's largest donors per capita."
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https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/government/profiles/luxembourg/
How does that meet the challenge I presented?
Cutting to the chase: you said Luxembourg should send the U.S. Money.