How in the world did the government spending get so far off the tracks? In less than a month Elon will and his 20 year olds will pry 1 trillion dollars out of the politicians cold dead hands. will

[Offthemat]

3 hours ago, fishbane said:

Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act on September 4, 1961, which reorganized U.S. foreign assistance programs and mandated the creation of an agency to administer economic aid. USAID was subsequently established by the executive order of President John F. Kennedy, who sought to unite several existing foreign assistance organizations and programs under one agency

Maybe don't get your news from Insurrection Barbie.  Kennedy did it because congress passed a law that said he had to do it.

And from the beginning it was more about the CIA than aid. 
 

5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History

The agency's low points, from working with child sex abusers to enabling drug trafficking

https://reason.com/2025/02/10/5-of-the-worst-usaid-scandals-in-history/

[Scouts Honor]

no fraud

 

[1032004]

19 hours ago, Offthemat said:

And from the beginning it was more about the CIA than aid. 
 

5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History

The agency's low points, from working with child sex abusers to enabling drug trafficking

https://reason.com/2025/02/10/5-of-the-worst-usaid-scandals-in-history/

So just disband the whole organization rather than get rid of the fraud?  I know someone who works for this company, an example of the good that USAID did:

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/south-county/edesia-nutrition-cuts-10-of-workforce-due-to-lack-of-usaid-funding/

[Offthemat]

6 hours ago, 1032004 said:

So just disband the whole organization rather than get rid of the fraud?  I know someone who works for this company, an example of the good that USAID did:

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/south-county/edesia-nutrition-cuts-10-of-workforce-due-to-lack-of-usaid-funding/

It’s being converted back to its original status under the auspices of the State Department in order to curtail its more malignant endeavors.  The true aid programs will endure to the extent we can afford them. 

[red viking]

31 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

It’s being converted back to its original status under the auspices of the State Department in order to curtail its more malignant endeavors.  The true aid programs will endure to the extent we can afford them. 

Aid to Israel is our greatest waste of all, since all it does is breed hatred and make us more vulnerable to the next 9/11, which could very easily have a nuclear element to it. A lot of those people have strength and the courage to stand up to bulies. 

Edited March 20 by red viking

[Offthemat]

31 minutes ago, red viking said:

Aid to Israel is our greatest waste of all, since all it does is breed hatred and make us more vulnerable to the next 9/11, which could very easily have a nuclear element to it. A lot of those people have strength and the courage to stand up to bulies. 

More hallucinations.  

[Scouts Honor]

18 hours ago, red viking said:

Aid to Israel is our greatest waste of all, since all it does is breed hatred and make us more vulnerable to the next 9/11, which could very easily have a nuclear element to it. A lot of those people have strength and the courage to stand up to bulies. 

lol... we saved a country... and they attacked us... you think anything we do will stop them from attacking? 

[red viking]

14 minutes ago, Scouts Honor said:

lol... we saved a country... and they attacked us... you think anything we do will stop them from attacking? 

Who did we save? Israel wouldn't even exist if not for the blank checks we dish out for them for weaponry. 

Edited March 21 by red viking

[Caveira]

7 minutes ago, red viking said:

Who did we save? Israel wouldn't even exist if not for the blank checks we dish out for them for weaponry. 

You saying that the Hamas or the Arab world would obliterate them without protection?

[red viking]

1 minute ago, Caveira said:

You saying that the Hamas or the Arab world would obliterate them without protection?

Yes. 100%. But if they can keep it w o our protection, more power to them. 

Edited March 21 by red viking

[mspart]

So Ukraine should just give up and become part of Russia?  Is that your position?

mspart

[red viking]

18 minutes ago, mspart said:

So Ukraine should just give up and become part of Russia?  Is that your position?

mspart

Different situation. Ukraine is a much bigger country and we or the UN didn't just hand it over to a specific religious group a few decades ago and turn the rest of the population into 2nd class citizens with zero power, and into tightly packed ghettos. And then take more and nire of what little land they were crammed into. 

[Scouts Honor]

4 hours ago, red viking said:

Who did we save? Israel wouldn't even exist if not for the blank checks we dish out for them for weaponry. 

hwo quickly the jew haters forget 

we saved kuwait from saddam

and what thanks did we get ...

[Scouts Honor]

just found out obama used 1.2 bil from usaid to fund rentariots

[1032004]

Another day, another lie from Elon

 

 

 

 

Edited March 29 by 1032004

[Paul158]

On 3/20/2025 at 9:49 AM, Scouts Honor said:

no fraud

 

Greed on steroids.

[Scouts Honor]

 

1. all these years of internal audits and oversight committees... and yet all this waste and fraud exists... oh, the foxes guarding the hen house

2. some people are more worried about 20 DOGE dudes auditing the corrupt DC politicians, than the 86K new IRS people auditing everyday citizens 

3. If we fire enough workers from the GOVT to cause a spike in unemployment, yet the GOVT still functions, the govt is too big 

4. hmm 

 

[fishbane]

On 3/28/2025 at 8:09 PM, 1032004 said:

Another day, another lie from Elon

 

 

 

 

Lol that claim stood out to me when they made it.  It made me think it can't be true.  I couldn't find anything about it immediately after except news sources quoting DOGE.

[1032004]

20 minutes ago, fishbane said:

Lol that claim stood out to me when they made it.  It made me think it can't be true.  I couldn't find anything about it immediately after except news sources quoting DOGE.

If you have x, that guy Jeremy is a pretty good follow IMO on economic stuff 

[uncle bernard]

2 hours ago, fishbane said:

Lol that claim stood out to me when they made it.  It made me think it can't be true.  I couldn't find anything about it immediately after except news sources quoting DOGE.

What do our resident conservatives think about this repeated lying?

@Husker_Du @mspart @Bigbrog @Scouts Honor and anybody else? 

[Scouts Honor]

i hate lying.

all politicians lie.

[jross]

2 hours ago, fishbane said:

Lol that claim stood out to me when they made it.  It made me think it can't be true.  I couldn't find anything about it immediately after except news sources quoting DOGE.

@fishbane is good people

a thinker who gets others to think

[1032004]

1 hour ago, Scouts Honor said:

i hate lying.

all politicians lie.

So you acknowledge that Musk is a politician?

[Caveira]

3 hours ago, 1032004 said:

So you acknowledge that Musk is a politician?

I thought he was president.  I can’t keep up 

[1032004]

12 minutes ago, Caveira said:

I thought he was president.  I can’t keep up 

Well the President is a politician