What cuts to USAID, exactly, need to be made? What programs are unnecessary, and when did they become so?
Given that so many USAID programs are: beneficial to the health of Americans (by fighting infectious deseases at their source); feed and temporarily house refugees of war-torn countries (often exacerbated by our own gov't - think Gaza); provide subsidies to American farms and dairies for the food provided to needy countries; generate good will around the world (especially in these times of know-nothing ambassadors and "diplomats" in the Trump administration), and so much more: What, precisely, should we stop fundng?
I seems to hear this alot: people agreeing with Trump/Musk's slash & burn because "well, there's a lot of waste in government." OK, so where is it, and how did it get there. There's waste in every organization, public or private. I was in the military; I saw waste first-hand, but it was insignificant compared to the cost of the mission.
If there's waste & corruption anywhere in our federal government right now, it's occurring in the White House. Paying high salaries to incompetent, inexperienced hacks, paying Trump to commute back & forth to Mar-a-Ego to play golf. Think of the wasted funds required to rebuild the agencies DOGE has shut down, when they realize the gov't can't function without them.
All I know is that every government employee I've ever know has been hard working and dedicated to serving the public. I wish I could say the same about those at the White House and the media flacks that refuse to call out the President and his cronies in congress by name and deed.
It is hard to find anything positive to say about what has been going on since Trump’s second inauguration. It has been noted that letters to your Representatives in Congress are the best way to register your displeasure. Protests are going on all over Orange County.
What cuts to USAID, exactly, need to be made? What programs are unnecessary, and when did they become so?
Given that so many USAID programs are: beneficial to the health of Americans (by fighting infectious deseases at their source); feed and temporarily house refugees of war-torn countries (often exacerbated by our own gov't - think Gaza); provide subsidies to American farms and dairies for the food provided to needy countries; generate good will around the world (especially in these times of know-nothing ambassadors and "diplomats" in the Trump administration), and so much more: What, precisely, should we stop fundng?
I seems to hear this alot: people agreeing with Trump/Musk's slash & burn because "well, there's a lot of waste in government." OK, so where is it, and how did it get there. There's waste in every organization, public or private. I was in the military; I saw waste first-hand, but it was insignificant compared to the cost of the mission.
If there's waste & corruption anywhere in our federal government right now, it's occurring in the White House. Paying high salaries to incompetent, inexperienced hacks, paying Trump to commute back & forth to Mar-a-Ego to play golf. Think of the wasted funds required to rebuild the agencies DOGE has shut down, when they realize the gov't can't function without them.
All I know is that every government employee I've ever know has been hard working and dedicated to serving the public. I wish I could say the same about those at the White House and the media flacks that refuse to call out the President and his cronies in congress by name and deed.
It is hard to find anything positive to say about what has been going on since Trump’s second inauguration. It has been noted that letters to your Representatives in Congress are the best way to register your displeasure. Protests are going on all over Orange County.